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  • Essay / Temperature and climate variability - 875

    Between 1979 and 2010, there was a notable increase in temperature trends across the African continent. These temperature trends are measured using Microwave Sounding Units (MSU), Remote Sensing Systems (RSS), and the University of Alabama at Huntsville datasets. Africa is a fairly unique continent because it straddles the equator, so the upper half of Africa is in the northern hemisphere, while the lower part of Africa is in the southern hemisphere. This has a direct effect on temperature and precipitation trends in Africa, which is evident as the northern half of Africa is mostly arid and desert regions, while the southern part of Africa is composed of savannahs and tropical forests. It is because of the large climatic differences between the northern and southern regions of Africa that I will examine climatic and temperature variations in the northern, southern, eastern and western regions separately. of Africa, to try to understand climate change. variations across Africa. First, I will look at temperature trends in the southern hemisphere of Africa. The southern hemisphere of Africa receives more rainfall and therefore has much more vegetation and natural greenery. Southern Africa's normal temperatures have summer maximums and winter minimums, however, rainfall here is unpredictable and erratic. Twenty-three climate stations were used to help make predictions about South African climate variability. At the end of the experiment, average seasonal temperatures were compared and it was found that temperature trends were not consistent throughout the year, with autumn showing a maximum trend and spring a minimum trend. . It was also found that temperature trends, in general, fall in the middle of the article......regionsWorks Cited• Kruger, A.C. and Shongwe, S. (2004), Temperature Trends in South Africa South: 1960–2003. International Review of Climatology, 24: 1929-1945. doi: 10.1002/joc.1096• Hasanean, HM and Basset, HA (2006), Summer temperature variability in Egypt. International Journal of Climatology. 26:1619-1634. doi: 10.1002/joc.1321• Domroes, M. and El-Tantawi, A. (2005), Recent temporal and spatial temperature changes in Egypt. International Journal of Climatology. 25:51-63. doi: 10.1002/joc.1114 • Gbobaniyi, E., Sarr, A., Sylla, MB, Diallo, I., Lennard, C., Dosio, A., Dhiédiou, A., Kamga, A., Klutse, NAB , Hewitson, B., Nikulin, G. and Lamptey, B. (2013), Climatology, annual cycle and interannual variability of precipitation and temperature in CORDEX simulations over West Africa. International Journal of Climatology. doi: 10.1002/joc.3834