Document Type

Report

Abstract

The natio_nal ~xperts ~ssociated with the preparation of the Comoros Initial Co~~un1c~t1on o~ Chmate Change initially tried to identify the changes to be ant1c1pated 1n the f 1eld of precipitation, temperature and sea level.

However, the national data available and useable 1 on precipitation proved to be fragmentary, because they were limited to aeronautical meteorology. Since the collection stations (airports) are exclusively located in the coastal area of the country, the data on the high altitude areas and the many micro climates that characterise the islands in general could not be taken into consideration. The lack of complete data covering the entire national territory explains why none of the four simulation models used was able to reproduce the climate of the Comoros, and thus satisfactorily predict the precipitation to be anticipated. Instead, the results of the study conducted by I IPCC for the year 2001 for the Indian Ocean region were used.

Publication Date

2002

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