Study of the Occurrence of Extreme Precipitation and Droughts in Northern Africa: Estimation of Return Periods and Return Levels

• Main Author: Chamani, Roméo
• Other Authors: Département de physique (Faculté des sciences, Université de Yaoundé 1), Faculté des Sciences - Yaoundé I, Université de Yaoundé I-Université de Yaoundé I, Université de Douala, David Monkam
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: French
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: northern Africa; Sahel; extreme rainfall; extreme drought; return period; return level; extreme value theory; large-scale modes of climate variability; Afrique au Nord de l’Équateur; précipitations extrêmes; sécheresses extrêmes; périodes de retour; niveaux de retour; théorie des valeurs extrêmes; variabilité climatique à grande échelle; [PHYS]Physics [physics]; Pacific; Retour; North Atlantic; North Atlantic oscillation
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03421091; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03421091/document; https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-03421091/file/Memoire_these_de_Doctorat_Chamani.pdf

The occurrence of extreme hydro-climatic events such as floods and severe droughts has adverse impacts on society and economy of African countries, especially those of south of the Sahara, because of their low levels of development, which is associated with the high vulnerability of their population...