{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4401161939","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152819","title":"Modeling Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Distribution in Beni\u2013Irumu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Insights from CHIRPS and CMIP6 under the SSP5-8.5 Scenario","display_name":"Modeling Spatio-Temporal Rainfall Distribution in Beni\u2013Irumu, Democratic Republic of Congo: Insights from CHIRPS and CMIP6 under the SSP5-8.5 Scenario","publication_year":2024,"publication_date":"2024-07-31","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4401161939","doi":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152819"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/rs16152819","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152819","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/15/2819/pdf?version=1722499277","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S43295729","display_name":"Remote Sensing","issn_l":"2072-4292","issn":["2072-4292"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Remote Sensing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/15/2819/pdf?version=1722499277","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5098882407","display_name":"Vithundwa Richard Posite","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8961-4241"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I233209018","display_name":"University of Abou Bekr Belka\u00efd","ror":"https://ror.org/00jsjm362","country_code":"DZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}],"countries":["DZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Vithundwa Richard Posite","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Water and Forest, Official University of Semuliki, Beni City P.O. Box 48, Democratic Republic of the Congo","Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Water and Forest, Official University of Semuliki, Beni City P.O. Box 48, Democratic Republic of the Congo","institution_ids":[]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077448709","display_name":"Mohamed Saber","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2420-8132"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I22299242","display_name":"Kyoto University","ror":"https://ror.org/02kpeqv85","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mohamed Saber","raw_affiliation_strings":["Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI), Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5098882408","display_name":"Bayongwa Samuel Ahana","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9756-0412"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I233209018","display_name":"University of Abou Bekr Belka\u00efd","ror":"https://ror.org/00jsjm362","country_code":"DZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}],"countries":["DZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bayongwa Samuel Ahana","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5039407939","display_name":"Ch\u00e9rifa Abdelbaki","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7100-7467"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I233209018","display_name":"University of Abou Bekr Belka\u00efd","ror":"https://ror.org/00jsjm362","country_code":"DZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}],"countries":["DZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Cherifa Abdelbaki","raw_affiliation_strings":["EOLE Laboratory, University of Tlemcen, P.B. 230, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"EOLE Laboratory, University of Tlemcen, P.B. 230, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5066037593","display_name":"Enoch Bessah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2187-2022"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I28046988","display_name":"Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00cb23x68","country_code":"GH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]}],"countries":["GH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Enoch Bessah","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, PMB, Kumasi AK-039-5028, Ghana"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, PMB, Kumasi AK-039-5028, Ghana","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I28046988"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5011808486","display_name":"Bright Danso Appiagyei","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3447-041X"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bright Danso Appiagyei","raw_affiliation_strings":["Research Laboratory N\u00b0 31, Conservatory Management of Water, Soil and Forests, Department of Forest Resources, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Research Laboratory N\u00b0 31, Conservatory Management of Water, Soil and Forests, Department of Forest Resources, University of Tlemcen, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5106245878","display_name":"Djessy Karl Maouly","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0871-7655"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I233209018","display_name":"University of Abou Bekr Belka\u00efd","ror":"https://ror.org/00jsjm362","country_code":"DZ","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}],"countries":["DZ"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Djessy Karl Maouly","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Water and Energy Sciences Including Climate Change, Pan African University, University of Tlemcen, B.P. 119, Tlemcen 13000, Algeria","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I233209018"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5090558217","display_name":"Jones Abrefa Danquah","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-1034"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I133771110","display_name":"University of Cape Coast","ror":"https://ror.org/0492nfe34","country_code":"GH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I133771110"]}],"countries":["GH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jones Abrefa Danquah","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast P.O. Box DL 50, Ghana"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Geography and Regional Planning, Faculty of Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast P.O. Box DL 50, Ghana","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I133771110"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5077448709"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I22299242"],"apc_list":{"value":2500,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2707},"apc_paid":{"value":2500,"currency":"CHF","value_usd":2707},"fwci":2.5849,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89196993,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"15","first_page":"2819","last_page":"2819"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11234","display_name":"Precipitation Measurement and Analysis","score":0.9779999852180481,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11234","display_name":"Precipitation Measurement and Analysis","score":0.9779999852180481,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1902","display_name":"Atmospheric Science"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/19","display_name":"Earth and Planetary Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14509","display_name":"demographic modeling and climate adaptation","score":0.9735999703407288,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10029","display_name":"Climate variability and models","score":0.9508000016212463,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distribution","display_name":"Distribution (mathematics)","score":0.45642372965812683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-science","display_name":"Environmental science","score":0.45563381910324097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/climatology","display_name":"Climatology","score":0.3426752984523773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/geology","display_name":"Geology","score":0.2941710352897644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.09278637170791626}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110121322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865811","display_name":"Distribution (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.45642372965812683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39432304","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188847","display_name":"Environmental science","level":0,"score":0.45563381910324097},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C49204034","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52139","display_name":"Climatology","level":1,"score":0.3426752984523773},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127313418","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1069","display_name":"Geology","level":0,"score":0.2941710352897644},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.09278637170791626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134306372","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7754","display_name":"Mathematical analysis","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.3390/rs16152819","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152819","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/15/2819/pdf?version=1722499277","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S43295729","display_name":"Remote Sensing","issn_l":"2072-4292","issn":["2072-4292"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Remote Sensing","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:27e5a7f3a9174fbca1e9b10ab2ccd8a1","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/27e5a7f3a9174fbca1e9b10ab2ccd8a1","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S112646816","display_name":"SHILAP Revista de lepidopterolog\u00eda","issn_l":"0300-5267","issn":["0300-5267","2340-4078"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Remote Sensing, Vol 16, Iss 15, p 2819 (2024)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.3390/rs16152819","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16152819","pdf_url":"https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/16/15/2819/pdf?version=1722499277","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S43295729","display_name":"Remote Sensing","issn_l":"2072-4292","issn":["2072-4292"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310310987","host_organization_name":"Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310310987"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Remote Sensing","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.8299999833106995,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13","display_name":"Climate action"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G1947321813","display_name":"Developing a Global Model for Flood Susceptibility Mapping Using Machine Learning","funder_award_id":"23K04328","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334764","funder_display_name":"Japan Society for the Promotion of Science"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3459562248","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"Grant","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334764","funder_display_name":"Japan Society for the Promotion of Science"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G4874944895","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"-in-Aid","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334764","funder_display_name":"Japan Society for the Promotion of Science"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334764","display_name":"Japan Society for the Promotion of Science","ror":"https://ror.org/00hhkn466"}],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":true,"pdf":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4401161939.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4401161939.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":65,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1985073215","https://openalex.org/W1992193293","https://openalex.org/W2029741947","https://openalex.org/W2034771807","https://openalex.org/W2052138108","https://openalex.org/W2068641397","https://openalex.org/W2137518784","https://openalex.org/W2153179024","https://openalex.org/W2196867686","https://openalex.org/W2200082992","https://openalex.org/W2261645655","https://openalex.org/W2410390527","https://openalex.org/W2570950321","https://openalex.org/W2608303895","https://openalex.org/W2611035573","https://openalex.org/W2795550267","https://openalex.org/W2883263629","https://openalex.org/W2964460232","https://openalex.org/W2981502151","https://openalex.org/W2998375977","https://openalex.org/W3006954550","https://openalex.org/W3008895587","https://openalex.org/W3010957754","https://openalex.org/W3015466159","https://openalex.org/W3022706157","https://openalex.org/W3024904384","https://openalex.org/W3027712664","https://openalex.org/W3041660980","https://openalex.org/W3042027160","https://openalex.org/W3089789538","https://openalex.org/W3094305564","https://openalex.org/W3096021088","https://openalex.org/W3097778520","https://openalex.org/W3111782606","https://openalex.org/W3118796984","https://openalex.org/W3129479609","https://openalex.org/W3130549378","https://openalex.org/W3130976973","https://openalex.org/W3135114825","https://openalex.org/W3158167284","https://openalex.org/W3177453939","https://openalex.org/W3187827933","https://openalex.org/W3200499402","https://openalex.org/W3200802507","https://openalex.org/W3210145880","https://openalex.org/W3217709629","https://openalex.org/W4211187461","https://openalex.org/W4220677620","https://openalex.org/W4221134702","https://openalex.org/W4229034823","https://openalex.org/W4280579732","https://openalex.org/W4285794683","https://openalex.org/W4306742452","https://openalex.org/W4306784077","https://openalex.org/W4313070735","https://openalex.org/W4319320354","https://openalex.org/W4323566985","https://openalex.org/W4367677028","https://openalex.org/W4377245611","https://openalex.org/W4389763396","https://openalex.org/W4399048130","https://openalex.org/W6788695012","https://openalex.org/W6847742020","https://openalex.org/W6852748822","https://openalex.org/W6944885396"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4400922041","https://openalex.org/W2085516880","https://openalex.org/W4388734992","https://openalex.org/W4251995491","https://openalex.org/W2076297862","https://openalex.org/W1971765930","https://openalex.org/W2104025387","https://openalex.org/W3119318685","https://openalex.org/W2027203522","https://openalex.org/W1991394861"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0,146],"light":[1],"of":[2,5,32,38,62,75,153,199],"the":[3,14,21,29,118,134,147,196,206,210,217],"lack":[4],"ground-based":[6],"observations,":[7],"this":[8],"study":[9],"utilizes":[10],"reanalysis":[11,39],"data":[12,40,78],"from":[13],"CHIRPS":[15,72],"database":[16],"and":[17,48,163,167],"CMIP6":[18],"models":[19,67],"under":[20,117],"SSP5-8.5":[22,119],"scenario":[23,120],"to":[24,71,101,215],"predict":[25],"future":[26,49],"rainfall":[27,77,95,125,183,203],"in":[28,52,110,124,133,189,205,221],"Beni\u2013Irumu":[30,207],"region":[31],"eastern":[33],"DR":[34],"Congo.":[35],"The":[36],"use":[37],"offers":[41],"a":[42,59,158],"viable":[43],"method":[44],"for":[45,126,212],"understanding":[46],"historical":[47,76],"climate":[50,200],"trends":[51],"regions":[53,87,138,223],"with":[54,85,112,155,178],"limited":[55],"ground":[56],"data.":[57,73],"Using":[58],"spatial":[60,83],"resolution":[61],"0.05\u00b0,":[63],"selected":[64],"general":[65],"circulation":[66],"(GCMs)":[68],"were":[69],"downscaled":[70],"Analysis":[74],"over":[79],"32":[80],"years":[81],"reveals":[82],"disparities,":[84],"high-altitude":[86],"like":[88,104,139,224],"Mount":[89],"Stanley":[90],"experiencing":[91,157,181],"higher":[92],"annual":[93],"mean":[94],"(1767.87":[96],"\u00b1":[97,107],"174.41":[98],"mm)":[99,132,166,170],"compared":[100],"lower":[102],"areas":[103,127,150,180],"Kasenyi":[105],"(863.65":[106],"81.85":[108],"mm),":[109,162],"line":[111],"orographic":[113],"effects.":[114],"Future":[115],"projections":[116,174],"indicate":[121],"significant":[122],"decreases":[123],"such":[128],"as":[129],"Oicha":[130,190],"(\u2212565.55":[131],"near":[135],"term,":[136],"while":[137],"Kasindi/Yihunga":[140,164],"exhibit":[141],"moderate":[142],"decrease":[143,160],"(\u221258.5":[144],"mm).":[145,192],"mid-term,":[148],"some":[149],"show":[151],"signs":[152],"recovery,":[154],"Bulongo":[156],"minor":[159],"(\u221221.67":[161],"(+152.95":[165],"Kyavinyonge":[168],"(+71.11":[169],"showing":[171],"increases.":[172],"Long-term":[173],"suggest":[175],"overall":[176],"improvements,":[177],"most":[179],"positive":[182],"differences;":[184],"however,":[185],"persistent":[186],"challenges":[187],"remain":[188],"(\u2212313.82":[191],"These":[193],"findings":[194],"highlight":[195],"dynamic":[197],"impacts":[198],"change":[201],"on":[202],"distribution":[204],"region,":[208],"underscoring":[209],"need":[211],"targeted":[213],"interventions":[214],"address":[216],"varied":[218],"impacts,":[219],"especially":[220],"vulnerable":[222],"Oicha.":[225]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-04-10T15:06:20.359241","created_date":"2024-08-01T00:00:00"}