Temporal changes in minimum and maximum temperatures at selected locations of southern Africa
| cg.authorship.types | CGIAR and developing country institute | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Cape Peninsula University of Technology | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Institute of Tropical Agriculture | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Instituto Superior Politécnico de Manica | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Institute for Soil, Climate and Water, South Africa | en |
| cg.contributor.affiliation | Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research | en |
| cg.coverage.country | South Africa | |
| cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2 | ZA | |
| cg.coverage.region | Africa | |
| cg.coverage.region | Southern Africa | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Walter Mupangwa: 0000-0001-5672-1331 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Lovemore Chipindu: 0000-0001-8023-1105 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Bongani Ncube: 0000-0003-1936-2768 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Nascimento Nhantumbo: 0000-0002-6123-4893 | |
| cg.creator.identifier | Mokhele Moeletsi: 0000-0003-3932-5569 | |
| cg.howPublished | Formally Published | en |
| cg.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11040084 | en |
| cg.identifier.iitatheme | SOCIAL SCIENCE & AGRICUSINESS | |
| cg.isijournal | ISI Journal | en |
| cg.issn | 2225-1154 | en |
| cg.issue | 4: 84 | en |
| cg.journal | Climate | en |
| cg.reviewStatus | Peer Review | en |
| cg.subject.iita | CLIMATE CHANGE | en |
| cg.subject.iita | FOOD SECURITY | en |
| cg.subject.iita | SMALLHOLDER FARMERS | en |
| cg.subject.impactArea | Nutrition, health and food security | |
| cg.subject.sdg | SDG 2 - Zero hunger | en |
| cg.volume | 11 | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Mupangwa, W. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Chipindu, L. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ncube, B. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Mkuhlani, S. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Nhantumbo, N. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Masvaya, E. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Ngwira, A. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Moeletsi, M. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Nyagumbo, I. | en |
| dc.contributor.author | Liben, F. | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-12T08:52:07Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2023-04-12T08:52:07Z | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129952 | |
| dc.title | Temporal changes in minimum and maximum temperatures at selected locations of southern Africa | en |
| dcterms.abstract | Agriculture is threatened by ever increasing temperatures and this trend is predicted to continue for the near and distant future. The negative impact of rising temperatures on agri-food systems is also compounded by the erratic and highly variable rainfall in most parts of southern Africa. Minimum and maximum temperatures’ variability and trend analysis were undertaken using daily time series data derived from 23 meteorological stations spread across Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The modified Mann–Kendall and Theil–Sen slope models were used to assess temperature trends and their magnitudes. Temperature varied with location and minimum temperature was more variable than maximum temperature. Semi-arid regions had higher variation in minimum temperature compared to humid and coastal environments. The results showed an upward trend in minimum (0.01–0.83 °C over a 33–38 year period) and maximum (0.01–0.09 °C over a 38–57 year period) temperatures at 9 and15 locations, respectively. A downward trend in minimum temperature (0.03–0.20 °C over 38–41 years) occurred in South Africa at two locations and Dedza (Malawi), while a non-significant decline in maximum temperature (0.01 °C over 54 years) occurred at one location in coastal dry sub-humid Mozambique. The results confirm the increase in temperature over 33–79 years, and highlight the importance of including temperature when designing climate change adaption and mitigation strategies in southern Africa and similar environments. | en |
| dcterms.accessRights | Open Access | |
| dcterms.audience | Scientists | en |
| dcterms.available | 2023-04-06 | |
| dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Mupangwa, W., Chipindu, L., Ncube, B., Mkuhlani, S., Nhantumbo, N., Masvaya, E., ... & Liben, F. (2023). Temporal changes in minimum and maximum temperatures at selected locations of southern Africa. Climate, 11(4): 84, 1-24. | en |
| dcterms.description | Open Access Journal | en |
| dcterms.extent | p. 1-24 | en |
| dcterms.issued | 2023-04 | |
| dcterms.language | en | |
| dcterms.license | CC-BY-4.0 | |
| dcterms.publisher | MDPI | en |
| dcterms.subject | climate change | en |
| dcterms.subject | global warming | en |
| dcterms.subject | heat stress | en |
| dcterms.subject | smallholders | en |
| dcterms.subject | agriculture | en |
| dcterms.subject | temperature | en |
| dcterms.type | Journal Article |