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Batebana, K., Alex Ogwang, B., Mie Mie Sein, Z., Katchele Ogou, F., Ongoma, V., and Ngarukiyimana, J.P. (2015) Investigation of the Atmospheric Circulation Anomalies Associated with Extreme Rainfall Events over the Coastal West Africa. Journal of the Earth and Space Physics, 41, 141-149.
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• TITLE: Spatio-Temporal Patterns of Rainfall Variability for Wet Season over Togo in West Africa

  AUTHORS: Pouwèréou Nimon, Latifou Issaou, Yawo Konko, Kouami Kokou

  KEYWORDS: REOF, Mann-Kendal Test, Rainfall Variability, Togo

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Access Library Journal, Vol.7 No.1, January 17, 2020

  ABSTRACT: Climate change is affecting rainfall variability. This paper investigated the June-September (JJAS) rainfall variability using reanalyzed and observed da-tasets from 1976 to 2015 in Togo. The rotated empirical orthogonal function (REOF) method was used to get the distribution patterns of JJAS rainfall. The Mann-Kendall (MK) statistic was also used to detect temporal trend of the ro-tated principal component time series (RPCs) that represent the modes of posi-tive loadings. The REOF method has revealed four significant patterns that ex-plained 65.1% of the total variance; the first, the second and the fourth REOF modes exhibit mainly positive loadings, whereas the third exhibits negative loadings. The first mode (REOF1) represents mainly the southern part of Togo; the second mode (REOF2) represents the northern part, the third mode (REOF3) represents the western part and the fourth (REOF4) represents the north-eastern part of Togo. The Mann-Kendall test has revealed an increasing and significant trend of rainfall in the northern region of Togo. In contrast, the trends were not significant in the southern and north-eastern parts of the coun-try. These results form a basis on which adaptation strategies may be taken in this region with high rainfall variability.