The effects of climate change are particularly severe in global Arid and Semiarid Lands (ASALs), with impacts on many environmental risks. Undergoing changes in the distribution of precipitation throughout the year especially undermine the livelihood of people relying on livestock production and scarce water resources. In addition to more developed analysis at global, national and regional levels, climate change needs to be investigated at local levels, for strengthening communities’ adaptation capacity. This study aims to assess precipitation and temperature trends in Marsabit County in northern Kenya for 1983-2014 using grid meteorological datasets. The research is conducted with extensive support of GIS tools and thematic cartography, both for data analysis and data representation. The results show an inhomogeneous distribution of climatic trends through space. The correlation between climatic trends and altitude is also analysed, showing the influence of local topography on climate evolution.

Analisi spaziale delle tendenze storiche di precipitazione e temperatura a livello locale nel nord del Kenya / Vigna, Ingrid. - In: BOLLETTINO DELL'ASSOCIAZIONE ITALIANA DI CARTOGRAFIA. - ISSN 0044-9733. - ELETTRONICO. - 171:(2022), pp. 52-66.

Analisi spaziale delle tendenze storiche di precipitazione e temperatura a livello locale nel nord del Kenya

Ingrid Vigna
2022

Abstract

The effects of climate change are particularly severe in global Arid and Semiarid Lands (ASALs), with impacts on many environmental risks. Undergoing changes in the distribution of precipitation throughout the year especially undermine the livelihood of people relying on livestock production and scarce water resources. In addition to more developed analysis at global, national and regional levels, climate change needs to be investigated at local levels, for strengthening communities’ adaptation capacity. This study aims to assess precipitation and temperature trends in Marsabit County in northern Kenya for 1983-2014 using grid meteorological datasets. The research is conducted with extensive support of GIS tools and thematic cartography, both for data analysis and data representation. The results show an inhomogeneous distribution of climatic trends through space. The correlation between climatic trends and altitude is also analysed, showing the influence of local topography on climate evolution.
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