Below is a list of publications (journal articles, book chapters, theses, reports, ) produced by PREFACE. For policy briefs and related outreach material, including presentations, please visit our outreach and presentations pages.
PREFACE publications (peer-reviewed)
For the most recent list of publications, click here: Updated on 12.06.2020.
PREFACE book chapters
- Nnamchi HC and Li J. 2016: Floods and droughts at the Guinea Coast in connection with the South Atlantic Dipole. In Li J, Swinbank R, Volkert H and Grotjahn R (eds.) Dynamics and Predictability of Global and Regional High-Impact Weather and Climate Events. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 271-279.
PREFACE theses
2019
- Rodriguez Crespo, Lander (2019): Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions in the Tropical Atlantic Seasonal Cycle and Multidecadal Variability of ENSO. PhD thesis. Universitetet i Bergen (NO)
- Baldé BS (2019): Exploitation des petits pélagiques au Sénégal dans un contexte de changement climatique : synthèse et diagnostic bioécologiques. PhD thesis. EBAD, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, (SN), ISRACRODT (SN), ZMT (DE, and IRD (FR).
- Awo FM (2018): Modes interannuels de la variabilité climatique de l’Atlantique tropical, dynamiques oscillatoires et signatures en
salinité de surface de la mer. PhD thesis. Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Bénin et Université Paul Sabatier de Toulouse, France. - Dippe T (2018): On the Dynamics and Predictability of the Atlantic Niño. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Longandjo GNT (2018): The hydro-climate variability of Central Africa: seasonal cycle, mechanisms, teleconnections and impacts on neighbouring regions. PhD Thesis. University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- Mbaye A (2018): Gouvernance du changement climatique dans les pêcheries artisanales sénéglaises (Governance of the climate change in the senegalese artisanal fisheries). PhD thesis. Sorbonne Université, France (in collaboration with ISRA-CRODT (SN), CAU (DE) and IRD (FR, SN).
- Villamayor J (2018): Influencia de la variabilidad decadal de la temperatura de la superficie del mar en la precipitación tropical: monzón de áfrica occidental y sudamérica (Influence of the sea surface temperature decadal variability on tropical precipitation: West African and South American monsoon. PhD thesis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
- Abouga Bodo WK (2017): Etude de l’extension de la zone du minimum d’oxygène dans l’atlantique tropical à partir des campagnes REVIZEE BRESILIENNE, des climatologies et des simulations mercator-ocean. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Aguedjou HM (2017): Dynamique de la mésoéchelle dans l’océan Atlantique Tropical : caractérisation et cycle saisonnier. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Amemou YYH (2017): Simulation des trajectoires de drifters avec un outil lagrangien dans l’Atlantique Tropical. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Ba A (2017): Analyse microéconomique et modélisation bioéconomique de la pêcherie artisanale de sardinelles au Sénégal. PhD thesis in Fisheries Sciences. Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- Diack I (2017): Structuration tridimensionnelle de la biomasse chlorophyllienne dans l’upwelling Sénégalo-mauritanien. M.Sc. thesis. Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- Diankha O (2017): Impact des données environnementales sur la dynamique des petits pélagique au Sénégal. PhD thesis. Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- Douvi GG (2017): Impact de l’upwelling Guinéen sur la dynamique de basse couche atmosphérique et les précipitations en juin-juillet-août 2007 dans un modèle régional atmosphérique. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Gleixner, SN (2017): Impacts of the Walker-Circulation on inter-annual Ethiopian rainfall variability and future changes in tropical cyclones. PhD thesis in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Bergen (ISBN 978-82-308-3969-0)
- Houndegnonto OJ (2017): Caractérisation des panaches de fleuves Niger et Congo dans le Golfe de Guinée. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Kom OE (2017): Comparaison modèle-observations dans l’Atlantique tropical : bilans de chaleur/sel et Sous-Courant équatorial. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Kopte R (2017): The Angola Current in a Tropical Seasonal Upwelling System: Seasonal Variability in Response to Remote Equatorial and Local Forcing. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Leliwa TA (2017): Ondes de Kelvin équatoriales et anomalies de densité dans l’Atlantique tropical. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Abomey-Calavi, Benin.
- Matthießen JD (2017): Modelling the Equatorial Deep Jets. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Reintges A (2017): Variability of the Global Overturning Circulation. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany.
- Sarré A (2017): Approche acoustique de la dynamique et distribution spatiale des ressources halieutiques de petits pélagiques dans l’upwelling sénégalo-mauritanien. PhD thesis in Earth Sciences. Université de Bretagne occidentale, France.
- Suarez-Moreno R (2017): Interdecadal changes in ocean teleconnections with Sahel: Implications in rainfall predictability (Cambios interdecadales en las teleconexiones de los océanos con el Sahel: implicaciones en la predictibilildad de la lluvia). PhD thesis. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.
- Dove S (2017): Larval Fish Assemblages in the Eastern Central Atlantic, from the Equator to the Bay of Biscay. M. Sc. Thesis. Thünen Institute, Germany
- Bordbar MH (2016): Ensemble global warming integrations with a coupled ocean-atmosphere model. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Chukwudi S. Ekwezuo (2016): Climate model simulation and projections of precipitation changes over West Africa. M.Sc Thesis, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
- Claus M (2016): Shallow Water Models of the Atlantic Equatorial Deep Jets. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Diogoul N (2016): Analyse acoustique et bibliographique du compartiment pélagique planctonique sur le plateau continental Sénégalais. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- Diouf I (2016): Climate and health: Observations and Modelling of seasonal malaria incidence for its prediction over Senegal and Sahel. PhD thesis. Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- Harlass J (2016): Tropical Atlantic bias dependence on atmospheric model resolution. PhD thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Klenz T (2016): Seasonal variability of the boundary circulation, water masses and oxygen content in the coastal upwelling region of the eastern tropical North Atlantic. M.Sc. thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Luedke J (2016): Seasonal mixed layer heat and salinity budgets in the south eastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. Master thesis, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
- Svendsen L (2016): Impacts of Atlantic multi-decadal variability on the Indo-Pacific and Northern Hemisphere climate. PhD thesis, University of Bergen, Norway.
- Toure A (2016): Contribution à l’amélioration des connaissances sur la dynamique migratoire des populations de petits pélagiques dans un contexte de changements climatiques : le cas de la sardinelle ronde (Sardinella aurita) d’Afrique du Nord-Ouest. M.Sc. Thesis. Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Senegal.
- Tuchen FP (2016): Intraseasonal variability of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. M.Sc. Thesis. Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Germany.
- Burmeister, Alina (2015): Tropical Atlantic SST variability with focus on the extreme events in 2009. Master thesis, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Diakhaté, Moussa (2015): Couplage océan-atmosphère en Atlantique tropical aux échelles intra-saisonnières à saisonnières. PhD thesis, UPMC, France and UCAD, Senegal
- Djakouré, Sandrine A. K. (2015): ANALYSE NUMERIQUE DE LA CIRCULATION OCEANIQUE DE LA REGION NORD DU GOLFE DE GUINEE (Numerical Analysis of the Oceanic Circulation in the Northern region of the Gulf of Guinea”. PhD thesis, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin (CIPMA-UNESCO, IRD)
- Martín del Rey, Marta (2015): Tropical Atlantic influence on the Pacific: Air-sea interactions and modulations. PhD thesis, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Milinski, Sebastian (2015): Tropical Atlantic biases in the MPI-Earth system model at different resolutions. Master thesis, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Nubi, Olubunmi O. (2015): INFLUENCE OF EQUATORIAL UPWELLING ON NUTRIENTS DISTRIBUTION AND BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE EASTERN EQUATORIAL ATLANTIC (Influence de l’upwelling équatorial sur la distribution des sels nutritifs et la production biologique dans l’Atlantique Est Equatorial). PhD thesis, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin (CIPMA-UNESCO, IRD)
- Planton, Yann (2015): Sources de la variabilité interannuelle de la langue d’eau froide Atlantique. PhD thesis in Ocean, Atmosphere. Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France (CNRM-MF)
- Yandjimain J. (2015): Evaluation des modèles océaniques dans le Golfe de Guinée, Master thesis, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
- Gandote, Edwige E. (2014): Révision des mécanismes physiques du forçage et la variabilité temporelle de l’indice d’upwelling côtier ivoiro-ghanéen : une approche statistique. Master thesis, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin (CIPMA-UNESCO, IRD)
- Nkwinkwa Njouodo, Arielle S. (2014): Variabilité interannuelle de la langue d’eau froide de l’Atlantique tropical. Master thesis, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin (CIPMA-UNESCO, IRD)
- Schlundt, Michael (2014): Mixed layer heat and salinity variability in the equatorial Atlantic. PhD thesis, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Sonkoué, Denis (2014): Ondes d’instabilités tropicales en Atlantique tropical observées par satellites. Master thesis, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin (CIPMA-UNESCO, IRD)
- Tchilibou, Michel L. (2014): Variabilité des minima de salinité de surface des océans Pacifique et Atlantique tropical nord (1979-2009). Master thesis, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Cotonou, Benin (CIPMA-UNESCO, IRD)
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