Publications
This page provides an overview of the scientific output by members of the TIPPECC project. These contributions reflect the project’s research focus on hydrological modelling, extrem events, climate change impacts, tipping points and regional climate modelling in southern Africa. The list highlights the interdisciplinary and collaborative nature of the TIPPECC research team.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
2024
Projections of Future Climate Change in Southern Africa and the Potential for Regional Tipping Points
Engelbrecht FA, Steinkopf J, Padavatan J, Midgley GF. 2024.
Sustainability of Southern African Ecosystems under Global Change: Science for Management and Policy Interventions. 169-190. Springer International Publishing. link.
2024
Determining risk of a regime shift in a coupled arid Social-Ecological System
Wassenaar T, Van der Waal C, Ndapulamo W, Tjiningire K, Dentlinger D, Tjiseua V, Engelbrecht FA. 2024.
Journal Namibia Scientific Society. 9-28. Namibia Scientific Society. link.
Conferences
2025
A Robust Signal of Soil Drying across Southern Africa in a Warmer World
Biskop S., Schreiter F., Zander F., Weber T., Remedio A., Kralisch S., Steinkopf J. and Engelbrecht F.. 2025.
International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography (ICSHMO). 31 March – 4 April 2025. Cape Town, South Africa.
2024
Can a climate-change induced megadrought bring "day-zero" to Gauteng?
Engelbrecht F., Steinkopf J. and Biskop S.. 2024.
38th Annual Conference of South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences (SASAS). 29-30 October 2024. Potchefstroom, South Africa.
2024
Following the Ancient Footsteps to Survive the Anthropocene
Perkins J., Remedio A., Weber T., Steinkopf J., Goikantswemang T., Buti K., Mashabane B., Montsiemang B. and Engelbrecht F.. 2024.
38th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences. 29-30 October 2024. Potchefstroom, South Africa.
2024
Representing Historical Drought Conditions using the Latest High-Resolution Regional Climate Simulations over Southern Africa
Remedio A., Weber T., Sein D., Steinkopf J., Padvatan J., Goikantswemang T., Dhliwayo M., Perkins J. and Engelbrecht F.. 2024.
38th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences. 29-30 October 2024. Potchefstroom, South Africa.
2024
Hydrological projections for a ‘day-zero drought’ risk assessment in the Integrated Vaal River System, South Africa
Biskop S., Kralisch S., Lumsden T., Malherbe J., Moseki C. and Engelbrecht F.. 2024.
9th GEWEX Open Science Conference. 8-12 July 2024. Sapporo, Japan.
2024
Methodologies in Attribution Modelling of Hydrological Extremes
Biskop S. and Engelbrecht F.. 2024.
Caribbean Climate Science Workshop Series: Detection & Attribution Science Workshop. 10-14 June 2024. Kingston, Jamaica.
2024
Projected climate change signals for selected hotspot regions using regional climate simulations in southern Africa
Remedio A., Weber T., Engelbrecht F., Biskop S., Steinkopf J., Padvatan J., Van der Waal C., Wassenaar W., Banda K., Tlhalerwa K. and Perkins J.. 2024.
EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2024. Vienna, Austria.
2023
Projected hydrological changes for agricultural risk assessment over southern Africa in a warmer world
Biskop S., Kralisch S., Weber T., Remedio A. and Engelbrecht F.. 2023.
International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023. 25-29 September 2023. Trieste, Italy.
2023
An African-based climate change event-attribution system using a regional climate Model
Engelbrecht F.A., Chang N., Steinkopf J., Malherbe J., Padavatan J., Thatcher M., Biskop S. and McGregor J.L.. 2023.
International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023. 25-29 September 2023. Trieste, Italy.
2023
Projected climate change signals for hotspot regions in southern Africa using regional climate simulations
Remedio et al.. 2023.
International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023. 25-29 September 2023. Trieste, Italy.
2023
The latest projected climate change signal over Southern Africa using the Conformal Cubic Atmospheric Model (CCAM)
Steinkopf J.A., Thatcher M., McGregor J.L. and Engelbrecht F.A.. 2023.
International Conference on Regional Climate ICRC-CORDEX 2023. 25-29 September 2023. Trieste, Italy.