Assessing Global And Regional Climate Change Scenarios for West Africa (Amadou Gaye, Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics, Cheik Anta Diop University, Senegal)

This project seeks to build capacity for assessing climate change scenarios from global and regional climate model simulations for use in impact studies in West Africa. The project will address the need to (a) Assess global circulation model (GCM) and regional climate model simulations for present and future climate states in order to examine the processes that bring about new climate states; (b) Determine whether these changes are realistic given the current understanding of the West African Climate system; and (c) Provide model output to other disciplines to examine how potential changes in climate might affect key sectors on national and regional scales in West Africa. An important component of this proposal is capacity building of West Africa institutions. The project will build the capacity of the Laboratory for Atmospheric Physics at Cheik Anta Diop University of Senegal to undertake regional climate model simulations and act as a center for research and learning. In addition to the assessment described above, the Laboratory will host a regional climate model workshop to show participants how to run the regional climate models, analyze regional and global climate model output that is relevant for West Africa, and produce visualization of this data.

Countries and sectors: West Africa (Equator-30 degrees N, 15 degrees W, 20 degrees E). Regional scenarios.