Publications – CCED

2023

Eure, K. C., Mykolajtchuk, P. D., Zhang, Y., Stensrud, D. J., Zhang, F., Greybush, S. J., & Kumjian, M. R. (2023). Simultaneous Assimilation of Planetary Boundary Layer Observations from Radar and All-Sky Satellite Observations to Improve Forecasts of Convection Initiation. Monthly Weather Review, 151(3), 795-813.

Zhang, Y. (2023). Sensitivity of Intrinsic Error Growth to Large-Scale Uncertainty Structure in a Record-Breaking Summertime Rainfall Event. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80(5), 1415-1432.

Zhang, Y., Chen, X., & Bell, M. M. (2023). Improving Short-Term QPF Using Geostationary Satellite All-Sky Infrared Radiances: Real-Time Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecast during the PRECIP 2020 and 2021 Experiments. Weather and Forecasting, 38(4), 591-609.

Wang, Y., Gueye, M., Greybush, S. J., Greatrex, H., Whalen, A. J., Ssentongo, P., Zhang, F., Jenkins, G. S., & Schiff, S. J. (2023). Verification of operational numerical weather prediction model forecasts of precipitation using satellite rainfall estimates over Africa. Meteorological Applications, 30( 1), e2112. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.2112

Yarber, A. Y., Jenkins, G. S., Singh, A., & Diokhane, A. (2023). Temporal Relationships Between Saharan Dust Proxies, Climate, and Meningitis in Senegal. GeoHealth, 7(2), e2021GH000574. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GH000574

Fuwape, I., Ogunjo, S., Akinsusi, J. Jenkins. G. S., et al. (2023). Multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis of particulate matter and atmospheric variables at different time scales. Meteorol Atmos Phys 135, 27. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-023-00971-4

Kamoto, J.F.M., Missanjo, E., & Djenontin, I.N.S. (2023). An assessment of Participatory Forest Management inspired by adaptive collaborative management in Malawi. In Responding to Environmental Issues through Adaptive Collaborative Management (1st ed., pp. 21). Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003325932

2022

    Kimengsi, J. N., Owusu, R., Djenontin, I. N., Pretzsch, J., Giessen, L., Buchenrieder, G., … & Acosta, A. N. (2022). What do we (not) know on forest management institutions in sub-Saharan Africa? A regional comparative review. Land Use Policy, 114, 105931.

    Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C., & Richardson, R. B. (2022). Smallholder farmers and forest landscape restoration in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Central Malawi. Land Use Policy, 122, 106345. 

    Djenontin, I. N., Ligmann-Zielinska, A., & Zulu, L. C. (2022). Landscape-scale effects of farmers’ restoration decision making and investments in central Malawi: an agent-based modeling approach. Journal of Land Use Science, 17(1), 281-306.  

    Schultz, B., Brockington, D., Coleman, E. A., Djenontin, I., Fischer, H. W., Fleischman, F., … & Ramprasad, V. (2022). Recognizing the equity implications of restoration priority maps. Environmental research letters, 17(11), 114019. 

    Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N., Kamoto, J. F., Kampanje-Phiri, J. M., & Fischer, G. (2022). Do youth conceptualizations influence the inclusion of young people in sustainable agriculture intensification? Insights from Ghana and Malawi. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-27.  

    Zulu, L.C., Djenontin, I.N.S., Kamoto, J.F. et al. (2022) Do youth conceptualizations influence the inclusion of young people in sustainable agriculture intensification? Insights from Ghana and Malawi. Environ Dev Sustain. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-022-02632-9

     

    2021

    Dieng, A. L., Ndoye, S., Jenkins, G. S., Sall, S. M., & Gaye, A. T. (2021). Estimating zonal Ekman transport along coastal Senegal during passage of Hurricane Fred, 30–31 August 2015. SN Applied Sciences, 3(5), 588.

    Djenontin, I. N., & Zulu, L. C. (2021). The quest for context-relevant governance of agro-forest landscape restoration in Central Malawi: Insights from local processes. Forest Policy and Economics, 131, 102555.

    Djenontin, I. N., Zulu, L. C., & Etongo, D. (2021). Ultimately, what is forest landscape restoration in practice? Embodiments in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for future design. Environmental Management, 68, 619-641.

    Fischer, G., Darkwah, A., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Grabowski, P., & Djenontin, I. (2021). Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: An exploration and conceptualization of interactions. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(5-6), 403-422.

    Grabowski, P. P., Djenontin, I., Zulu, L., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Darkwah, A., … & Fischer, G. (2021). Gender-and youth-sensitive data collection tools to support decision making for inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(5-6), 359-375.

    Jenkins, G. S., de Castro, V., Cunha, B., Fontanez, I., & Holzworth, R. (2021). The Evolution of the Wave‐One Ozone Maximum During the 2017 LASIC Field Campaign at Ascension Island. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126(10), e2020JD033972.

    Zhang, Y., Chen, X., & Lu, Y. (2021). Structure and dynamics of ensemble correlations for satellite all-sky observations in an FV3-based global-to-regional nested convection-permitting ensemble forecast of Hurricane Harvey. Monthly Weather Review, 149(7), 2409-2430.

    Zhang, Y., Sieron, S. B., Lu, Y., Chen, X., Nystrom, R. G., Minamide, M., … & Zhang, F. (2021). Ensemble‐based assimilation of satellite all‐sky microwave radiances improves intensity and rainfall predictions for Hurricane Harvey (2017). Geophysical Research Letters, 48(24), e2021GL096410.

    Zhang, Y., Stensrud, D. J., & Clothiaux, E. E. (2021). Benefits of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) for ensemble-based analysis and prediction of severe thunderstorms. Monthly Weather Review, 149(2), 313-332.

    Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N., & Grabowski, P. (2021). From diagnosis to action: Understanding youth strengths and hurdles and using decision-making tools to foster youth-inclusive sustainable agriculture intensification. Journal of Rural Studies, 82, 196-209.

    Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N., Darkwah, A., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Fischer, G., … & Egyir, I. (2021). Realizing Inclusive SAI: contextualizing indicators to better evaluate gender and intergenerational inequity in SAI processes and outcomes–cases from Southern and Western Africa. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 19(5-6), 376-402.

    2020

    Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C., & Ligmann-Zielinska, A. (2020). Improving representation of decision rules in LUCC-ABM: An example with an elicitation of farmers’ decision making for landscape restoration in central Malawi. Sustainability, 12(13), 5380.

    Marone, A., Kane, C. T., Mbengue, M., Jenkins, G. S., Niang, D. N., Drame, M. S., & Gernand, J. M. (2020). Characterization of bacteria on aerosols from dust events in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. GeoHealth, 4(6), e2019GH000216.

    Zulu, L. C., Kamoto, J. F., Djenontin, I. N., Mbanze, A. A., Kambanje, C., & Katerere, Y. (2020). Governance and Institutional Arrangements for Sustainable Management of Miombo Woodlands. Miombo Woodlands in a Changing Environment: Securing the Resilience and Sustainability of People and Woodlands, 139-189.

     

    2019

    Bai, L., Meng, Z., Huang, Y., Zhang, Y., Niu, S., & Su, T. (2019). Convection initiation resulting from the interaction between a quasi‐stationary dryline and intersecting gust fronts: A case study. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124(5), 2379-2396.

    Gueye, M., & Jenkins, G. S. (2019). Investigating the sensitivity of the WRF-Chem horizontal grid spacing on PM10 concentration during 2012 over West Africa. Atmospheric Environment, 196, 152-163.

    Hayatbini, N., Hsu, K. L., Sorooshian, S., Zhang, Y., & Zhang, F. (2019). Effective cloud detection and segmentation using a gradient-based algorithm for satellite imagery: Application to improve PERSIANN-CCS. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(5), 901-913.

    Toure, N. O., Gueye, N. R. D., Mbow‐Diokhane, A., Jenkins, G. S., Li, M., Drame, M. S., … & Thiam, K. (2019). Observed and modeled seasonal air quality and respiratory health in Senegal during 2015 and 2016. GeoHealth, 3(12), 423-442.

    Zhang, Y., Stensrud, D. J., & Zhang, F. (2019). Simultaneous assimilation of radar and all-sky satellite infrared radiance observations for convection-allowing ensemble analysis and prediction of severe thunderstorms. Monthly Weather Review, 147(12), 4389-4409.

    2018

    Djenontin, I. N. S., & Meadow, A. M. (2018). The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice. Environmental management, 61(6), 885-903.

    Djenontin, I. N. S., Foli, S., & Zulu, L. C. (2018). Revisiting the factors shaping outcomes for forest and landscape restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A way forward for policy, practice and research. Sustainability, 10(4), 906.

    Etongo, D., Epule, T. E., Djenontin, I. N. S., & Kanninen, M. (2018, August). Land management in rural Burkina Faso: the role of socio‐cultural and institutional factors. In Natural resources forum (Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 201-213). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

    Jenkins, G. S., & Gueye, M. (2018). WRF 1960–2014 winter season simulations of particulate matter in the Sahel: Implications for air quality and respiratory health. GeoHealth, 2(8), 248-260.

    Pan Jinsong, Teng Daigao, Zhang Fuqing, Zhou Lingli, Luo Ling, Weng Yonghui, & Zhang Yunji. (2018). Analysis of the dynamic process of local heavy precipitation before and after the super typhoon Soudelor (2015). Chinese Science: Earth Science, 48 (4), 487-509.

    Pan, J., Teng, D., Zhang, F., Zhou, L., Luo, L., Weng, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2018). Dynamics of local extreme rainfall of super Typhoon Soudelor (2015) in East China. Science China Earth Sciences, 61, 572-594.

    Ying, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, Y., Minamide, M., Nystrom, R., Chen, H., … & Zhang, F. (2018). PSU WRF EnKF/4DVar Hybrid Regional Data Assimilation System: Technical Notes.

    Zhang Yunji, & Zhang Fuqing. (2018). Application of ensemble data assimilation method in severe thunderstorm weather forecast. Advances in Meteorological Science, 8 (3), 38-52.

    Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., & Stensrud, D. J. (2018). Assimilating all-sky infrared radiances from GOES-16 ABI using an ensemble Kalman filter for convection-allowing severe thunderstorms prediction. Monthly Weather Review, 146(10), 3363-3381.

    2017

    Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kanninen, M., & Glover, E. K. (2017). Assessing use-values and relative importance of trees for livelihood values and their potentials for environmental protection in Southern Burkina Faso. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 19, 1141-1166.

    Jenkins, G. S., & Diokhane, A. M. (2017). WRF prediction of two winter season Saharan dust events using PM10 concentrations: Boundary versus initial conditions. Atmospheric environment, 167, 129-142.

    Jenkins, G. S., Brito, E., Soares, E., Chiao, S., Lima, J. P., Tavares, B., … & Monteiro, M. (2017). Hurricane Fred (2015): Cape Verde’s first hurricane in modern times: Observations, impacts, and lessons learned. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(12), 2603-2618.

    2016

    Diokhane, A. M., Jenkins, G. S., Manga, N., Drame, M. S., & Mbodji, B. (2016). Linkages between observed, modeled Saharan dust loading and meningitis in Senegal during 2012 and 2013. International journal of biometeorology, 60, 557-575.

    Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., & Kanninen, M. (2016). Poverty and environmental degradation in Southern Burkina Faso: An assessment based on participatory methods. Land, 5(3), 20.

    Kambire, H., Djenontin, I. N., Kaboré, A., Djoudi, H., Balinga, M., Zida, M., … & Brockhaus, M. (2016). The Context of REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Drivers, agents and institutions. Center for International Forestry Research.

    Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., Stensrud, D. J., & Meng, Z. (2016). Intrinsic predictability of the 20 May 2013 tornadic thunderstorm event in Oklahoma at storm scales. Monthly Weather Review, 144(4), 1273-1298.

    Zhu, L., Wan, Q., Shen, X., Meng, Z., Zhang, F., Weng, Y., Zhang, Y., … & Yue, J. (2016). Prediction and predictability of high-impact western Pacific landfalling Tropical Cyclone Vicente (2012) through convection-permitting ensemble assimilation of Doppler radar velocity. Monthly Weather Review, 144(1), 21-43.

    2015

    Djenontin, I. N. S., Assembe-Mvondo, S., Chia, E. L., Brockhaus, M., & Wong, G. (2015). REDD+: The implementation challenge in the Congo Basin. CIFOR Forests News.

    Djenontin, I., & Djoudi, H. (2015). From degraded to functional restored forest land: Smallholder farmers curbing food insecurity in central Burkina Faso. Enhancing food security through forest landscape restoration: lessons from Burkina Faso, Brazil, Guatemala, Viet Nam, Ghana, Ethiopia and Philippines, 18-41.

    Djenontin, N., Djoudi, H., & Zida, M. (2015). Forest land restoration enhances food security in Sahelian landscapes.

    Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kanninen, M., & Fobissie, K. (2015). Smallholders’ tree planting activity in the ziro province, southern burkina faso: impacts on livelihood and policy implications. Forests, 6(8), 2655-2677.

    Etongo, D., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kanninen, M., Fobissie, K., Korhonen-Kurki, K., & Djoudi, H. (2015). Land tenure, asset heterogeneity and deforestation in Southern Burkina Faso. Forest Policy and Economics, 61, 51-58.

    Jenkins, G. S., Robjhon, M. L., Reyes, A., Valentine, A., & Neves, L. (2015). Elevated middle and upper troposphere ozone observed downstream of Atlantic tropical cyclones. Atmospheric Environment, 118, 70-86.

    Kambire, HW, Djenontin, INS, Kabore, A., Djoudi, H., Balinga, MP, Zida, M., & Assembe-Mvondo, S. (2015). REDD+ and adaptation to climate change in Burkina Faso: Causes, agents and institutions (Vol. 123). CIFOR.

    Misra, P., Hubsch, T., Venable, D., Gatica, S., Stancil, K., Demoz, B., & Jenkins, G. (2015). REU in Physics at Howard University. MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL), 1762, mrsf14-1762.

    Whitehall, K., Mattmann, C. A., Jenkins, G., Rwebangira, M., Demoz, B., Waliser, D., … & Lee, H. (2015). Exploring a graph theory-based algorithm for automated identification and characterization of large mesoscale convective systems in satellite datasets. Earth Science Informatics, 8, 663-675.

    Zhang, Y., Zhang, F., Stensrud, D. J., & Meng, Z. (2015). Practical predictability of the 20 May 2013 tornadic thunderstorm event in Oklahoma: Sensitivity to synoptic timing and topographical influence. Monthly Weather Review, 143(8), 2973-2997.