Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

 
Research
Climate change in Africa
West Africa
11 November 2006
Projected changes in wettest events that occur once every 100 years
Changes in the amount of rainfall around 2100 in high rainfall events that occur once every 10 years on average. Shown are the climate models that simulate the current climate most realistically.
CCCMA CGCM 3.1 10yr verywet differenceGFDL CM2.0 10yr verywet difference MIUB ECHO-G 10yr verywet differenceMPI ECHAM5 10yr verywet difference GFDL CM2.1 10yr verywet differenceMRI CGCM 2.3.2a 10yr verywet difference colourbar from -50% to +50% in steps of 10%
Projected changes in wettest events that occur once every 10 years
Changes in the amount of rainfall around 2100 in high rainfall events that occur once every 10 years on average. Shown are the climate models that 6 simulate the current climate most realistically.
CCCMA CGCM 3.1 10yr wet differenceGFDL CM2.0 10yr wet difference MIUB ECHO-G 10yr wet differenceMPI ECHAM5 10yr wet difference GFDL CM2.1 10yr wet differenceMRI CGCM 2.3.2a 10yr wet difference colourbar from -50% to +50% in steps of 10%
Projected changes in mean rainfall
Changes in the amount of rainfall around 2100 in mean rainfall. Shown are the 6 climate models that simulate the current climate most realistically.
CCCMA CGCM 3.1 10yr mean differenceGFDL CM2.0 10yr mean difference MIUB ECHO-G 10yr mean differenceMPI ECHAM5 10yr mean difference GFDL CM2.1 10yr mean differenceMRI CGCM 2.3.2a 10yr mean difference colourbar from -50% to +50% in steps of 10%
Projected changes in driest events that occur once every 10 years
Changes in the amount of rainfall around 2100 in low rainfall events that occur once every 10 years on average. Shown are the 6 climate models that simulate the current climate most realistically.
CCCMA CGCM 3.1 10yr dry differenceGFDL CM2.0 10yr dry difference MIUB ECHO-G 10yr dry differenceMPI ECHAM5 10yr dry difference GFDL CM2.1 10yr dry differenceMRI CGCM 2.3.2a 10yr dry difference colourbar from -50% to +50% in steps of 10%
Projected changes in driest events that occur once every 100 years
Changes in the amount of rainfall around 2100 in low rainfall events that occur once every 100 years on average. Shown are the 6 climate models that simulate the current climate most realistically.
CCCMA CGCM 3.1 10yr verydry differenceGFDL CM2.0 10yr verydry difference MIUB ECHO-G 10yr verydry differenceMPI ECHAM5 10yr verydry difference GFDL CM2.1 10yr verydry differenceMRI CGCM 2.3.2a 10yr verydry difference colourbar from -50% to +50% in steps of 10%