University of Dar es Salaam - College Of Natural And Applied Sciences | Staff List

UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM

COLLEGE OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES (CONAS)

EXAVERY KISESA MAKULA

Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences

Education:

BSc (Dar), MSc, PhD (NUIST, China)

Teaching:

Research:

Research Interests:

Climate Change
Climate Variability
Climate Dynamics
Climate Extremes
Atmospheric Teleconnection
Air-sea Interaction
Tropical Cyclones
Atmosphere-Land-Ocean Interaction
Numerical weather prediction and Data assimilation

Projects:

Project title: Clean cooking for all: A novel application of Fresnel lens for a solar cooker

Funding institution: UDSM

Project title: Agrivoltaic System as a Climate Smart Agriculture-Energy Approach for Small-Scale Farmers in Tanzania

Funding institution: UDSM

Publications:

Limbu, P.T.S., and Makula, E.K. (2023). Investigation of Temporal Trends and Spatial Patterns of Extreme Temperatures and Their Relationship to Climate Circulation Indices in Tanzania. Journal of the Geographical Association of Tanzania, 43 (2), 67-85. https://doi.org/10.56279/jgat.v43i2.261

Makula, E.K., and Zhou, B. (2023). Relationship between Antarctic Sea ice and the variability of March to May precipitation in Tanzania. International Journal of Climatology, 43 (3), 1382-1395. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7921

Makula, E.K., and Zhou, B. (2022). Linkage of Tanzania Short Rain Variability to Sea Surface Temperature over the Southern Oceans. Frontiers in Earth Science Atmospheric Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.922172

Randriatsara, H. H.-R. H., Hu, Z., Ayugi, B., Makula, E.K., Vuguziga, F., and Nkunzimana, A. (2022). Interannual characteristics of rainfall over Madagascar and its relationship with the Indian Ocean sea surface temperature variation. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-022-03950-8

Makula, E. K., and Zhou, B. (2021). Changes in March to May rainfall over Tanzania during 1978–2017. International Journal of Climatology, 41(12), 5663–5675. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7146
Makula, E. K., and Zhou, B. (2021). Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 evaluation and projection of East African precipitation. International Journal of Climatology. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7373

Ngoma, H., Wen, W., Ayugi, B., Karim, R., and Makula, E.K. (2021). Mechanisms associated with September to November (SON) rainfall over Uganda during the recent decades. Geographica Pannonica, 25(1), 10-23. https://doi.org/10.5937/gp25-29932

Umutoni, M.A., Japheth, L.P., Lipiki, E.J., Kebacho, L.L., Limbu, P.T.S. and Makula, E.K. (2021). Investigation of the 2016 March to May Extreme Rainfall over Rwanda. Natural Hazards. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04697-7

Makula, E.K, Umutoni, M.A, Japheth, L.P, Lipiki, E.J, Kebacho, L.L, Limbu, P. T.S. (2020). The Covariability of Sea Surface Temperature and MAM Rainfall on East Africa Using Singular Value Decomposition Analysis. Geographica Pannonica, 24(4), 261–270. https://doi.org/10.5937/gp24-27577