Toward a New Approach for Hydrological Modeling: A Tool for Sustainable Development in a Savanna Agro-System

Mandé, Théophile; Ceperley, Natalie; Weijs, Steven; Repetti, Alexandre; Parlange, M. B.

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“…Measured variables include sensible and latent heat fluxes by EC, mean air temperature and air humidity, shortwave and net radiation as well as precipitation measured with a network of rain gages spatially distributed within AF and SF. The rainy season is characteristic of a Sudanian climate beginning in May and ending in October [ Bagayoko et al ., ; Ceperley et al ., ; Mande et al ., ]. The rainfall is short in duration, intense, and occurs mostly during daytime primarily due to convective activities [ Nicholson , ].…”

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Suppressed convective rainfall by agricultural expansion in southeastern Burkina Faso

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Ceperley

Katul

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Water Resources Research

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With the “green economy” being promoted as a path to sustainable development and food security within the African continent, the influx of agricultural land is proliferating at a rapid pace often replacing natural savannah forests. Where agriculture is primarily rainfed, the possible adverse impacts of agricultural land influx on rainfall occurrences in water‐limited areas such as West Africa warrant attention. Using field observations complemented by model calculations in southeastern Burkina Faso, the main causes of a 10–30% suppressed daytime rainfall recorded over agricultural fields when referenced to natural savannah forests are examined. Measurements and model runs reveal that the crossing of the mixed layer height and lifting condensation levels, a necessary condition for cloud formation and subsequent rainfall occurrence, was 30% more frequent above the natural savannah forest. This increase in crossing statistics was primarily explained by increases in measured sensible heat flux above the savannah forest rather than differences in lifting condensation heights.

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Suppressed convective rainfall by agricultural expansion in southeastern Burkina Faso

Mandé

Ceperley

Katul

et al. 2015

Water Resources Research

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Low-Cost Wireless Sensor Networks for Dryland Irrigation Agriculture in Burkina Faso

Bouleau

Baracchini

Barrenetxea

et al. 2015

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The effects of climate and forest cover variability on the hydrological regulation of an eastern Andean Cusiana river sub-basin

Bedoya

Ramírez²

2023

Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology

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Toward a New Approach for Hydrological Modeling: A Tool for Sustainable Development in a Savanna Agro-System

Cited by 3 publications

References 13 publications

Suppressed convective rainfall by agricultural expansion in southeastern Burkina Faso

Suppressed convective rainfall by agricultural expansion in southeastern Burkina Faso

Low-Cost Wireless Sensor Networks for Dryland Irrigation Agriculture in Burkina Faso

The effects of climate and forest cover variability on the hydrological regulation of an eastern Andean Cusiana river sub-basin

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