Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Hazardous thunderstorm intensification over Lake Victoria

  • Wim Thiery,
  • Edouard L. Davin,
  • Sonia I. Seneviratne,
  • Kristopher Bedka,
  • Stef Lhermitte,
  • Nicole P. M. van Lipzig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12786
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Thunderstorm activity over Lake Victoria poses a threat to human life, yet little is known about their evolution under climate change. Here, using satellite observations and high-resolution modelling, the authors project an increase in precipitation extremes over Lake Victoria, twice that of surrounding land.