Adriaan van der Walt

Biographic Data

ID9612679
NAMEAdriaan van der Walt
GIVEN NAMESAdriaan
FAMILY NAMEvan der Walt
SIGNATUREVAN DER WALT A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
ORCID0000-0002-6102-2524
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • Spatiotemporal analysis of heavy summer rainfall events across the Free State Province, South Africa

    Nicolle Loader, Sarah Roffe et al.ARTICLESouth African Geographical Journal2023

    Heavy rainfall events negatively impact agricultural productivity (e.g. crop damage) and human health (e.g. waterborne disease outbreaks). Under anthropogenically induced warming, South Africa may experience more frequent and heavier rainfall events during the summer wet-season. Evidence from point-based rainfall records suggests that such changes may already be occurring across many summer rainfall zone regions; however, the understanding thereo…

  • Extreme Temperature Events (ETEs) in South Africa

    Adriaan J Van Der Walt, Adriaan van der Walt et al.ARTICLESouth African Geographical Journal2022

    Extreme Temperature Events (ETEs), including heatwaves, warm spells, cold waves and cold spells, have disastrous impacts on human health and ecosystems. The frequency, intensity, and duration of ETEs is projected to increase due to climate change. However, very little research has been done on ETEs in South Africa, and only a few attempts have been made to identify and examine trends. Currently, ten known publications have examined ETEs across So…