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Francois Engelbrecht is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change, atmospheric science, oceanography, modeling and simulation, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as climate variability and models, meteorological phenomena and simulations, tropical and extratropical cyclones research, hydrology and drought analysis, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, climate change and health impacts, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Francois Engelbrecht has published several papers in a variety of reputable scientific journals and venues. Recent notable publications include:

  • "Projected future daily characteristics of African precipitation based on global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and regional (CORDEX, CORDEX-CORE) climate models" (2021) in Climate Dynamics
  • "Winter Is Coming: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective of the Environmental Drivers of SARS-CoV-2 and the Potential Seasonality of COVID-19" (2020) in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • "Heatwaves in the Future Warmer Climate of South Africa" (2020) in Atmosphere
  • "Large uncertainties in future biome changes in Africa call for flexible climate adaptation strategies" (2020) in Global Change Biology
  • "Test for Covid-19 seasonality and the risk of second waves" (2020) in One Health

The researcher often collaborates with a consistent group of coauthors, including Mary-Jane M. Bopape, Hector Chikoore, Thando Ndarana, Robert J. Scholes, and Coleen Vogel, reflecting collaborative efforts across multiple studies.

Their research outputs are frequently published in venues such as Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Climate Dynamics, Atmosphere, Atmospheric Research, and Research Square.

Best Publications

  • Impacts of 1.5°C Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Bindi;S. Brown

  • The human imperative of stabilizing global climate change at 1.5°C

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;D. Jacob;M. Taylor;T. Guillén Bolaños

  • Technical Summary: Global warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty

    M. Allen;P. Antwi-Agyei;F. Aragon-Durand;M. Babiker

  • Projections of rapidly rising surface temperatures over Africa under low mitigation.

    Francois Engelbrecht;Francois Engelbrecht;Jimmy Adegoke;Mary-Jane Bopape;Mogesh Naidoo

  • Dynamics of the Conformal-Cubic Atmospheric Model projected climate-change signal over southern Africa

    F. A. Engelbrecht;J. L. McGregor;C. J. Engelbrecht

  • High‐resolution model‐projected changes in mid‐tropospheric closed‐lows and extreme rainfall events over southern Africa

    C. J. Engelbrecht;F. A. Engelbrecht;L. L. Dyson

  • Multi-scale climate modelling over Southern Africa using a variable-resolution global model

    FA Engelbrecht;WA Landman;CJ Engelbrecht;S Landman

  • Shifts in Köppen-Geiger climate zones over southern Africa in relation to key global temperature goals

    Christien J. Engelbrecht;Francois A. Engelbrecht;Francois A. Engelbrecht

  • Projected future daily characteristics of African precipitation based on global (CMIP5, CMIP6) and regional (CORDEX, CORDEX-CORE) climate models

    Alessandro Dosio;Martin W. Jury;Martin W. Jury;Mansour Almazroui;Mansour Almazroui;Moetasim Ashfaq

  • A synoptic decomposition of rainfall over the Cape south coast of South Africa

    Christien J. Engelbrecht;Willem A. Landman;Willem A. Landman;Francois A. Engelbrecht;Francois A. Engelbrecht;Johan Malherbe

  • Climate change and the tick-borne disease, Theileriosis (East Coast fever) in sub-Saharan Africa

    J.M. Olwoch;B. Reyers;F.A. Engelbrecht;B.F.N. Erasmus

  • Winter Is Coming: A Southern Hemisphere Perspective of the Environmental Drivers of SARS-CoV-2 and the Potential Seasonality of COVID-19.

    Albertus J. Smit;Jennifer M. Fitchett;Francois A. Engelbrecht;Robert J. Scholes

  • Potential impacts of climate change on extreme precipitation over four African coastal cities

    Babatunde J. Abiodun;Jimmy Adegoke;Abayomi A. Abatan;Chidi A. Ibe

  • Summary for urban policymakers : What the IPCC Special Report on global warming of 1.5°C means for cities

    Amir Bazaz;Paolo Bertoldi;Marcos Buckeridge;Anton Cartwright

  • Climate Change and Potato Production in Contrasting South African Agro-ecosystems 1. Effects on Land and Water Use Efficiencies

    A. J. Haverkort;A. J. Haverkort;A. C. Franke;F. A. Engelbrecht;F. A. Engelbrecht;J. M. Steyn

  • Tropical systems from the southwest Indian Ocean making landfall over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa: a historical perspective

    J. Malherbe;F.A. Engelbrecht;W.A. Landman;W.A. Landman;C.J. Engelbrecht

  • Natural hazards in a changing world: a case for ecosystem-based management

    Jeanne L. Nel;David C. Le Maitre;Deon C. Nel;Belinda Reyers

  • Heatwaves in the Future Warmer Climate of South Africa

    Innocent Mbokodo;Mary-Jane Bopape;Hector Chikoore;Francois Engelbrecht

  • The potential value of seasonal forecasts in a changing climate in southern Africa

    H. C. Winsemius;E. Dutra;F. A. Engelbrecht;F. A. Engelbrecht;E. Archer Van Garderen;E. Archer Van Garderen

  • Projected changes in tropical cyclone climatology and landfall in the Southwest Indian Ocean region under enhanced anthropogenic forcing

    Johan Malherbe;F. A. Engelbrecht;W. A. Landman;W. A. Landman

  • Downscaling Last Glacial Maximum climate over southern Africa

    Francois A. Engelbrecht;Francois A. Engelbrecht;Francois A. Engelbrecht;Curtis W. Marean;Curtis W. Marean;Richard M. Cowling;Christien J. Engelbrecht

  • Analysis of Temperature Trends over Limpopo Province, South Africa

    Freddy Milambo Tshiala;Jane Mukarugwiza Olwoch;Francois Alwyn Engelbrecht

Frequent Co-Authors

Willem A. Landman
Willem A. Landman University of Pretoria
R. M. Garland
R. M. Garland University of Pretoria
Swadhin K. Behera
Swadhin K. Behera Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Janet Franklin
Janet Franklin San Diego State University
Curtis W. Marean
Curtis W. Marean Arizona State University
Robert J. Scholes
Robert J. Scholes University of the Witwatersrand
John L. McGregor
John L. McGregor Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Antony J. Payne
Antony J. Payne University of Liverpool
Richard M. Cowling
Richard M. Cowling Nelson Mandela University

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