April 2022

Historical and projected meteorological droughts in the Beninese Niger River Basin, Benin

Droughts are part of extreme meteorological phenomena that generate serious social, economic and environmental consequences. This study seeks to characterize the historical (1976-2019) and projected (2021-2050) meteorological drought in the Niger River Basin in Benin. To achieve this, the present study used daily rainfall observations and simulations of two regional climate models (RCM) (HIRHAM and REMO) from fifteen...

Author(s): Adechina Eric Alamou, Halissou Yarou, Aliou Moussa Djibril, Obada Ezechiel, Iboukoun Eliézer Biao and Félicien Djigbo Badou