 Piotr Wolski
Piotr Wolski
Research Staff
		Piotr is a hydro-climatologist with 30 years of work experience spanning climatological and hydro-climatological analyses, climate modelling, hydrological modelling and climate services. He holds PhD in Earth Sciences from the Free University, Amsterdam. His primary interests are in hydro-climatological analytics and modelling and sharing of hydro-climate information. Since 2009, he has been pursuing his interest in climate variability and change, working at Climate System Analysis Group, University of Cape Town. Earlier - he worked a a wetland hydrologist at the Okavango Research Institute in Botswana. As climatologist, Piotr has led a broad range of multidisciplinary research studies and consulting projects focusing on generation of decision-relevant climate information at climate change and seasonal time scales, at spatial scales from city to regional to continental. Thematically, his projects cover such varied topics as seasonal forecasting, anticipatory action trigger models, climate projections and climate change attribution of extreme events. His research is supported by his formidable data processing and analysis skills and love for creative data visualization approaches. He developed several data/information sharing websites. During the 2015-2018 Cape Town “Day Zero” water crisis he contributed significantly to the public sphere by writing numerous blogs and popular science articles explaining the climatology of the event. In one of his recent projects he worked with SADC Climate Services Centre towards transformation and improvement of the seasonal forecast product issued by the Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum. He is an accomplished academic and has published over 110 papers in scientific peer-reviewed journals, presented over 40 papers at international conferences, is a contributing author on the IPCC sixth assessment report and an associate editor of Weather and Climate Extremes, an Elsevier’s journal. Link to Piotr's story, limited access so please seek permission to view this video.
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			Gillett Nathan P., Simpson Isla R., Hegerl Gabi, Knutti Reto, Mitchell Dann, Ribes Aurélien, Shiogama Hideo, Stone Dáithí, Tebaldi Claudia, Wolski Piotr, Zhang Wenxia, Arora Vivek K., 			 (2025)			The Detection and Attribution Model Intercomparison Project (DAMIP v2.0) contribution to CMIP7
			Geoscientific Model Development
			doi:4b311118-a7b3-47c6-99b6-bd378ebe87ee
			
 
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			Zhang W, Zhou T, Ye W, Zhang T, Zhang L, Wolski P, Risbey J, Wang Z, Min SK, Ramsay H, Brody M, Grimm A, Clark R, Ren K, Jiang J, Chen X, Fu S, Li L, Tang S, Hu S, 			 (2025)			A Year Marked by Extreme Precipitation and Floods: Weather and Climate Extremes in 2024
			Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
			doi:2d6a49bd-5142-4d6b-a7d1-3475b453e205
			
 
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			Liam S. Cogill, Michele Toucher, Piotr Wolski, Karen J. Esler, Alanna J. Rebelo, 			 (2025)			Evaluating the performance of satellite-derived evapotranspiration products across varying bioclimates in South Africa
			Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
			doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101612
			
 
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			Jakob Zscheischler, Colin Raymond, Yang Chen, Natacha Le Grix, Renata Libonati, Cassandra D. W. Rogers, Christopher J. White, Piotr Wolski, 			 (2025)			Compound weather and climate events in 2024
			Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
			doi:10.1038/s43017-025-00657-y
			
 
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			Olivier Dauteuil, Louis Gaudare, Marc Jolivet, Mickael Murray-Hudson, Piotr Wolski, Kaelo Makati, Moss Edmison, 			 (2024)			Present-day Deformation in the Incipient Strike-slip Basin of the Okavango Delta (Botswana): Impact on the Ecosystem
			Tektonika
			doi:10.55575/tektonika2024.2.2.79
			
 
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			Wolski P, Crespo O, Tadross M, Khumalo F Z., Du-Pont T, Riquet D, Jones C, 			 (2024)			On the quantitative limits for triggering drought anticipatory actions in Mindanao, the Philippines
			Frontiers in Climate
			doi:a0b195d1-f696-438b-9063-4a0a9c61b839
			
 
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			Wolski P, Crespo OB, Tadross MA, Khumalo F, Du Pont TC, Riquet D, Jones C, 			 (2024)			On the quantitative limits for triggering drought anticipatory actions in Mindanao, the Philippines
			Frontiers in Climate
			doi:8c647209-a602-4713-9759-e901efef3591
			
 
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			 Friederike E. L. Otto,  Mariam Zachariah,  Fahad Saeed,  Ayesha Siddiqi,  Shahzad Kamil,  Haris Mushtaq,  T. Arulalan,  Krishna AchutaRao,  S T Chaithra,  Clair Barnes,  Sjoukje Philip,  Sarah Kew,  Robert Vautard,  Gerbrand Koren,  Izidine Pinto,  Piotr Wolski,  Maja Vahlberg,  Roop Singh,  Julie Arrighi,  Maarten van Aalst,  Lisa Thalheimer,  Emmanuel Raju,  Sihan Li,  Wenchang Yang,  Luke J. Harrington,  Ben Clarke, 			 (2023)			Climate change increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan
			OpenAlex
			doi:10.60692/jqssx-ryw07
			
 
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			 Friederike E. L. Otto,  Mariam Zachariah,  Fahad Saeed,  Ayesha Siddiqi,  Shahzad Kamil,  Haris Mushtaq,  T. Arulalan,  Krishna AchutaRao,  S T Chaithra,  Clair Barnes,  Sjoukje Philip,  Sarah Kew,  Robert Vautard,  Gerbrand Koren,  Izidine Pinto,  Piotr Wolski,  Maja Vahlberg,  Roop Singh,  Julie Arrighi,  Maarten van Aalst,  Lisa Thalheimer,  Emmanuel Raju,  Sihan Li,  Wenchang Yang,  Luke J. Harrington,  Ben Clarke, 			 (2023)			Climate change increased extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding highly vulnerable communities in Pakistan
			OpenAlex
			doi:10.60692/7dkpj-hk780
			
 
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			Romaric C Odoulami, Piotr Wolski, Mark New, 			 (2023)			Attributing the driving mechanisms of the 2015–2017 drought in the Western Cape (South Africa) using self-organising maps
			Environmental Research Letters
			doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ace26f
			
 
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			Izidine Pinto, Erin Coughlan de Perez, Catalina Jaime, Piotr Wolski, Lisa van Aardenne, Eddie Jjemba, Jasmijn Suidman, Aleix Serrat-Capdevila, Arame Tall, 			 (2023)			Climate change projections from a multi-model ensemble of CORDEX and CMIPs over Angola
			Environmental Research: Climate
			doi:10.1088/2752-5295/ace210
			
 
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			Romaric Odoulami, Piotr Wolski, Mark New, 			 (2023)			Attributing the driving mechanisms of the 2015-2017 drought in the Western Cape (South Africa) using self-organising maps
			University of Cape Town
			doi:10.25375/uct.22344268
			
 
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			Kimutai Joyce, New Mark, Wolski Piotr, Otto Friederike, 			 (2022)			Attribution of the human influence on heavy rainfall associated with flooding events during the 2012, 2016, and 2018 March-April-May seasons in Kenya
			Weather and Climate Extremes
			doi:46b272ac-b24b-44d7-89ed-cbe365e3f772
			
 
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			van der Schalie Robin, van der Vliet Mendy, Albergel Clement, Dorigo Wouter, Wolski Piotr, de Jeu Richard, 			 (2022)			Characterizing natural variability in complex hydrological systems using passive microwave-based climate data records: a case study for the Okavango Delta
			Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
			doi:f49839d5-127d-4971-97b1-8334889a62f3
			
 
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			Conradie W, Wolski P, Hewitson BC, 			 (2022)			Spatial heterogeneity in rain-bearing winds, seasonality and rainfall variability in southern Africa's winter rainfall zone
			ASCMO
			doi:9372499c-dbb7-471b-b0be-1b0bf55c326f
			
 
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			Conradie W, Wolski P, Hewitson BC, 			 (2022)			Spatial heterogeneity of 2015–2017 drought intensity in South Africa's winter rainfall zone
			ASCMO
			doi:944e6758-adaf-4f92-b42b-af12ed54f162
			
 
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			Tooth S, McCarthy TS, Duller GAT, Assine ML, Wolski P, Coetzee G, 			 (2022)			Significantly enhanced mid Holocene fluvial activity in a globally important, arid‐zone wetland: The Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
			doi:ffbabecb-8f3a-4e9e-81da-5a913800be38
			
 
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			Fikileni S, Wolski P, 			 (2022)			Framework for implementation of the Pitman-WR2012 model in seasonal hydrological forecasting: a case study of Kraai River, South Africa
			Water S.A.
			doi:9d54f2c4-a3dc-4880-9f2d-6d0de956f360
			
 
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			Petra B. Holden, Alanna J. Rebelo, Piotr Wolski, Romaric C. Odoulami, Kamoru A. Lawal, Joyce Kimutai, Tiro Nkemelang, Mark G. New, 			 (2022)			Nature-based solutions in mountain catchments reduce impact of anthropogenic climate change on drought streamflow
			Communications Earth & Environment
			doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00379-9
			
 
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			Verschuur J, Li S, Wolski P, Otto FEL, 			 (2021)			Climate change as a driver of food insecurity in the 2007 Lesotho-South Africa drought
			Scientific Reports
			doi:36512941-58a2-47f8-b264-ca03f31c03b5
			
 
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			Petra Holden, Alanna Rebelo, Piotr Wolski, Romaric Odoulami, Kamoru A. Lawal, Joyce Kimutai, Tiro Nkemelang, Mark New, 			 (2021)			Nature-Based Solutions in Mountain Catchments Reduce Impact of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Hydrological Drought Severity
			
			doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-902740/v1
			
 
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			Ke Jack Ding, Jonathan M. Gilligan, Y.C. Ethan Yang, Piotr Wolski, George M. Hornberger, 			 (2021)			Assessing food–energy–water resources management strategies at city scale: An agent-based modeling approach for Cape Town, South Africa
			Resources, Conservation and Recycling
			doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105573
			
 
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			Romaric C Odoulami, Mark New, Piotr Wolski, Gregory Guillemet, Izidine Pinto, Christopher Lennard, Helene Muri, Simone Tilmes, 			 (2020)			Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering could lower future risk of ‘Day Zero’ level droughts in Cape Town
			Environmental Research Letters
			doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abbf13
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Conradie, S., Jack, C., Tadross, M., 			 (2020)			Spatio-temporal patterns of rainfall trends and the 2015–2017 drought over the winter rainfall region of South Africa
			International Journal of Climatology
			doi:10.1002/joc.6768
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Lobell, D., Stone, D., Pinto, I., Crespo, O., Johnston, P., 			 (2020)			On the role of anthropogenic climate change in the emerging food crisis in southern Africa in the 2019–2020 growing season
			Global Change Biology
			doi:10.1111/gcb.15047
			
 
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			Odoulami, R.C., Wolski, P., New, M., 			 (2020)			A SOM-based analysis of the drivers of the 2015–2017 Western Cape drought in South Africa
			International Journal of Climatology
			doi:10.1002/joc.6785
			
 
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			Murray-Hudson M, Makati K, Mosie I, Wolski P, 			 (2019)			Metadata for macrophyte data from the Boro-Xudum seasonal floodplains of the Okavango Delta
			Freshwater Metadata Journal
			doi:b1dda42f-71d4-4e4c-86e7-1caf59871f8f
			
 
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			Lawal, S., Lennard, C., Jack, C., Wolski, P., Hewitson, B., Abiodun, B., 			 (2019)			The observed and model-simulated response of southern African vegetation to drought
			Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
			doi:10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107698
			
 
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			Stone, D.A., Christidis, N., Folland, C., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S., Perlwitz, J., Shiogama, H., Wehner, M.F., Wolski, P., Cholia, S., Krishnan, H., Murray, D., Angélil, O., Beyerle, U., Ciavarella, A., Dittus, A., Quan, X.-W., Tadross, M., 			 (2019)			Experiment design of the International CLIVAR C20C+ Detection and Attribution project
			Weather and Climate Extremes
			doi:10.1016/j.wace.2019.100206
			
 
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			Murray-Hudson, M., Wolski, P., Brown, M.T., Davidson, T., 			 (2019)			A suite of macrophyte species distribution models for investigating hydrology-driven spatial changes in a large flood-pulsed tropical wetland
			South African Geographical Journal
			doi:10.1080/03736245.2018.1541021
			
 
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			Angélil, O., Stone, D., Perkins-Kirkpatrick, S., Alexander, L.V., Wehner, M., Shiogama, H., Wolski, P., Ciavarella, A., Christidis, N., 			 (2018)			On the nonlinearity of spatial scales in extreme weather attribution statements
			Climate Dynamics
			doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3768-9
			
 
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			Kim, Y.-H., Min, S.-K., Stone, D.A., Shiogama, H., Wolski, P., 			 (2018)			Multi-model event attribution of the summer 2013 heat wave in Korea
			Weather and Climate Extremes
			doi:10.1016/j.wace.2018.03.004
			
 
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			Wolski, P., 			 (2018)			How severe is Cape Town's “Day Zero” drought?
			Significance
			doi:10.1111/j.1740-9713.2018.01127.x
			
 
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			Otto, F.E.L., Wolski, P., Lehner, F., Tebaldi, C., Van Oldenborgh, G.J., Hogesteeger, S., Singh, R., Holden, P., Fučkar, N.S., Odoulami, R.C., New, M., 			 (2018)			Anthropogenic influence on the drivers of the Western Cape drought 2015-2017
			Environmental Research Letters
			doi:10.1088/1748-9326/aae9f9
			
 
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			Wehner, M., Stone, D., Shiogama, H., Wolski, P., Ciavarella, A., Christidis, N., Krishnan, H., 			 (2018)			Early 21st century anthropogenic changes in extremely hot days as simulated by the C20C+ detection and attribution multi-model ensemble
			Weather and Climate Extremes
			doi:10.1016/j.wace.2018.03.001
			
 
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			Wolski, P., 			 (2018)			Knocked for six by Cape Town drought
			International Water Power and Dam Construction
			doi:2-s2.0-85046835832
			
 
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			 Keotshephile Mosimane,  Eric Struyf,  Mangaliso J. Gondwe,  Patrick J. Frings,  Dimitri van Pelt,  Piotr Wolski,  Jonas Schoelynck,  Jörg Schaller,  Daniel J. Conley,  Mike Murray‐Hudson, 			 (2017)			Variability in chemistry of surface and soil waters of an evapotranspiration-dominated flood-pulsed wetland: solute processing in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			OpenAlex
			doi:10.60692/d5dyp-7x041
			
 
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			 Keotshephile Mosimane,  Eric Struyf,  Mangaliso J. Gondwe,  Patrick J. Frings,  Dimitri van Pelt,  Piotr Wolski,  Jonas Schoelynck,  Jörg Schaller,  Daniel J. Conley,  Mike Murray‐Hudson, 			 (2017)			Variability in chemistry of surface and soil waters of an evapotranspiration-dominated flood-pulsed wetland: solute processing in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			OpenAlex
			doi:10.60692/bzskz-qhm52
			
 
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			Schoelynck, J., Schaller, J., Murray-Hudson, M., Frings, P.J., Conley, D.J., van Pelt, D., Mosimane, K., Gondwe, M., Wolski, P., Meire, P., Struyf, E., 			 (2017)			The trapping of organic matter within plant patches in the channels of the Okavango Delta: a matter of quality
			Aquatic Sciences
			doi:10.1007/s00027-017-0527-2
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., Thito, K., Cassidy, L., 			 (2017)			Keeping it simple: Monitoring flood extent in large data-poor wetlands using MODIS SWIR data
			International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
			doi:10.1016/j.jag.2017.01.005
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Lennard, C., Jack, C., Tadross, M., 			 (2017)			Seasonal hydrological forecasting - Current state of play
			Water Wheel
			doi:2-s2.0-85028950951
			
 
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						 (2017)			Interannual rainfall variability and SOM-based circulation classification
			Climate Dynamics
			doi:10.1007/s00382-017-3621-1
			
 
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			Keotshephile Mosimane, Eric Struyf, Mangaliso J Gondwe, Patrick Frings, Dimitri Van Pelt, Piotr Wolski, Jonas Schoelynck, Jörg Schaller, Daniel J Conley, Mike Murray-Hudson, 			 (2017)			Variability in chemistry of surface and soil waters of an evapotranspiration-dominated flood-pulsed wetland: solute processing in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Water SA
			doi:10.4314/wsa.v43i1.13
			
 
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			Thito, K., Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2016)			Mapping inundation extent, frequency and duration in the Okavango Delta from 2001 to 2012
			African Journal of Aquatic Science
			doi:10.2989/16085914.2016.1173009
			
 
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			Schaller, J., Schoelynck, J., Murray-Hudson, M., Frings, P.J., van Pelt, D., Hegewald, T., Mosimane, K., Gondwe, M., Wolski, P., Meire, P., Struyf, E., 			 (2016)			Input, behaviour and distribution of multiple elements in abiotic matrices along a transect within the Okavango Delta, northern Botswana
			Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
			doi:10.1007/s10661-016-5696-2
			
 
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			Thito, K., Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2015)			Spectral reflectance of floodplain vegetation communities of the Okavango Delta
			Wetlands Ecology and Management
			doi:10.1007/s11273-014-9403-1
			
 
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			Linhoss, A.C., Muñoz-Carpena, R., Kiker, G., Wolski, P., 			 (2015)			Reducing uncertainty based on model fitness: Application to a reservoir model
			Water SA
			doi:10.4314/wsa.v41i1.13
			
 
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			Daron, J.D., Lorenz, S., Wolski, P., Blamey, R.C., Jack, C., 			 (2015)			Interpreting climate data visualisations to inform adaptation decisions
			Climate Risk Management
			doi:10.1016/j.crm.2015.06.007
			
 
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			Murray-Hudson, M., Wolski, P., Cassidy, L., Brown, M.T., Thito, K., Kashe, K., Mosimanyana, E., 			 (2015)			Remote Sensing-derived hydroperiod as a predictor of floodplain vegetation composition
			Wetlands Ecology and Management
			doi:10.1007/s11273-014-9340-z
			
 
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			Kolawole, O.D., Wolski, P., Ngwenya, B., Mmopelwa, G., 			 (2014)			Ethno-meteorology and scientific weather forecasting: Small farmers and scientists' perspectives on climate variability in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Climate Risk Management
			doi:10.1016/j.crm.2014.08.002
			
 
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			Murray-Hudson, M., Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, F., Brown, M.T., Kashe, K., 			 (2014)			Disaggregating Hydroperiod: Components of the Seasonal Flood Pulse as Drivers of Plant Species Distribution in Floodplains of a Tropical Wetland
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1007/s13157-014-0554-x
			
 
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			Frings, P.J., De La Rocha, C., Struyf, E., van Pelt, D., Schoelynck, J., Hudson, M.M., Gondwe, M.J., Wolski, P., Mosimane, K., Gray, W., Schaller, J., Conley, D.J., 			 (2014)			Tracing silicon cycling in the Okavango Delta, a sub-tropical flood-pulse wetland using silicon isotopes
			Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
			doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.07.007
			
 
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			Struyf, E., Mosimane, K., Van Pelt, D., Murray-Hudson, M., Meire, P., Frings, P., Wolski, P., Schaller, J., Gondwe, M.J., Schoelynck, J., Conley, D.J., 			 (2014)			The Role of Vegetation in the Okavango Delta Silica Sink
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1007/s13157-014-0607-1
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Stone, D., Tadross, M., Wehner, M., Hewitson, B., 			 (2014)			Attribution of floods in the Okavango basin, Southern Africa
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.01.055
			
 
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			Kujinga, K., Vanderpost, C., Mmopelwa, G., Wolski, P., 			 (2014)			An analysis of factors contributing to household water security problems and threats in different settlement categories of Ngamiland, Botswana
			Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
			doi:10.1016/j.pce.2013.09.012
			
 
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			Mladenov, N., Wolski, P., Hettiarachchi, G.M., Murray-Hudson, M., Enriquez, H., Damaraju, S., Galkaduwa, M.B., McKnight, D.M., Masamba, W., 			 (2014)			Abiotic and biotic factors influencing the mobility of arsenic in groundwater of a through-flow island in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.09.026
			
 
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			Vanderpost, C., Mladenov, N., Murray-Hudson, M., Wolski, P., Magole, L., Ramberg, L., Mbaiwa, J.E., Kurugundla, C.N., Moleele, N.M., Mmopelwa, G., Chonguiça, E., Kgathi, D.L., Bonyongo, M.C., Mosojane, S., Ringrose, S., 			 (2012)			Management and sustainable development of the Okavango
			Tropical Wetland Management: The South-American Pantanal and the International Experience
			doi:2-s2.0-84900696286
			
 
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			Cawley, K.M., Wolski, P., Mladenov, N., Jaffé, R., 			 (2012)			Dissolved organic matter biogeochemistry along a transect of the okavango delta, botswana
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1007/s13157-012-0281-0
			
 
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			Davidson, T.A., MacKay, A.W., Wolski, P., Mazebedi, R., Murray-Hudson, M., Todd, M., 			 (2012)			Seasonal and spatial hydrological variability drives aquatic biodiversity in a flood-pulsed, sub-tropical wetland
			Freshwater Biology
			doi:10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02795.x
			
 
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			Mackay, A.W., Davidson, T., Wolski, P., Woodward, S., Mazebedi, R., Masamba, W.R.L., Todd, M., 			 (2012)			Diatom sensitivity to hydrological and nutrient variability in a subtropical, flood-pulse wetland
			Ecohydrology
			doi:10.1002/eco.242
			
 
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			Mosepele, K., Mosepele, B., Wolski, P., Kolding, J., 			 (2012)			Dynamics of the feeding ecology of selected fish species from the Okavango river Delta, Botswana
			Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria
			doi:10.3750/AIP2012.42.4.01
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Todd, M.C., Murray-Hudson, M.A., Tadross, M., 			 (2012)			Multi-decadal oscillations in the hydro-climate of the Okavango River system during the past and under a changing climate
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.018
			
 
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			Todd, M.C., Andersson, L., Ambrosino, C., Hughes, D., Kniveton, D.R., Mileham, L., Murray-Hudson, M., Raghavan, S., Taylor, R., Wolski, P., 			 (2011)			Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology in Africa: Case Studies of River Basin Water Resources
			Advances in Global Change Research
			doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3842-5_6
			
 
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			MacKaỳ, A.W., Davidson, T., Wolski, P., Mazebedi, R., Masamba, W.R.L., Philippa, H.-M., Todd, M., 			 (2011)			Spatial and seasonal variability in surface water chemistry in the okavango delta, botswana: A multivariate approach
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1007/s13157-011-0196-1
			
 
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			Murray-Hudson, M., Combs, F., Wolski, P., Brown, M.T., 			 (2011)			A vegetation-based hierarchical classification for seasonally pulsed floodplains in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			African Journal of Aquatic Science
			doi:10.2989/16085914.2011.636904
			
 
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			Mitsch, W.J., Nahlik, A., Wolski, P., Bernal, B., Zhang, L., Ramberg, L., 			 (2010)			Tropical wetlands: Seasonal hydrologic pulsing, carbon sequestration, and methane emissions
			Wetlands Ecology and Management
			doi:10.1007/s11273-009-9164-4
			
 
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			Ramberg, L., Lindholm, M., Hessen, D.O., Murray-Hudson, M., Bonyongo, C., Heinl, M., Masamba, W., VanderPost, C., Wolski, P., 			 (2010)			Aquatic ecosystem responses to fire and flood size in the Okavango Delta: Observations from the seasonal floodplains
			Wetlands Ecology and Management
			doi:10.1007/s11273-010-9195-x
			
 
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			Bartsch, A., Wagner, W., Scipal, K., Pathe, C., Sabel, D., Wolski, P., 			 (2009)			Global monitoring of wetlands - the value of ENVISAT ASAR Global mode
			Journal of Environmental Management
			doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.06.023
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Ramberg, L., Magole, L., Mazvimavi, D., 			 (2009)			Evolution of River Basin Management in the Okavango System, Southern Africa
			Handbook of Catchment Management
			doi:10.1002/9781444307672.ch21
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2008)			'Alternative futures' of the Okavango Delta simulated by a suite of global climate and hydro-ecological models
			Water SA
			doi:2-s2.0-55249120028
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2008)			An investigation of permanent and transient changes in flood distribution and outflows in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
			doi:10.1016/j.pce.2007.04.008
			
 
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			Mantlana, K.B., Arneth, A., Veenendaal, E.M., Wohland, P., Wolski, P., Kolle, O., Lloyd, J., 			 (2008)			Seasonal and inter-annual photosynthetic response of representative C 4 species to soil water content and leaf nitrogen concentration across a tropical seasonal floodplain Journal of Tropical Ecology doi:10.1017/S0266467408004859
 
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			Ramberg, L., Wolski, P., 			 (2008)			Growing islands and sinking solutes: Processes maintaining the endorheic Okavango Delta as a freshwater system
			Plant Ecology
			doi:10.1007/s11258-007-9346-1
			
 
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			Mladenov, N., Huntsman-Mapila, P., Wolski, P., Masamba, W.R.L., McKnight, D.M., 			 (2008)			Dissolved organic matter accumulation, reactivity, and redox state in ground water of a recharge wetland
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1672/07-140.1
			
 
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			Mantlana, K.B., Arneth, A., Veenendaal, E.M., Wohland, P., Wolski, P., Kolle, O., Wagner, M., Lloyd, J., 			 (2008)			Photosynthetic properties of C4 plants growing in an African savanna/wetland mosaic Journal of Experimental Botany doi:10.1093/jxb/ern237
 
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			Kiker, G.A., Muñoz-Carpena, R., Wolski, P., Cathey, A., Gaughan, A., Kim, J., 			 (2008)			Incorporating uncertainty into adaptive, transboundary water challenges: A conceptual design for the Okavango River basin
			International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management
			doi:10.1504/IJRAM.2008.022130
			
 
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			Lindholm, M., Hessen, D.O., Mosepele, K., Wolski, P., 			 (2007)			Food webs and energy fluxes on a seasonal floodplain: The influence of flood size
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2007)27[775:FWAEFO]2.0.CO;2
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2007)			Managing water abstractions for preserving the Okavango wetlands, Botswana
			Proceedings of the International Conference W3M "Wetlands: Modelling, Monitoring, Management"
			doi:2-s2.0-60749094316
			
 
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			Ringrose, S., Vanderpost, C., Matheson, W., Wolski, P., Huntsman-Mapila, P., Murray-Hudson, M., Jellema, A., 			 (2007)			Indicators of desiccation-driven change in the distal Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Journal of Arid Environments
			doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.03.030
			
 
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			Bauer-Gottwein, P., Langer, T., Prommer, H., Wolski, P., Kinzelbach, W., 			 (2007)			Okavango Delta Islands: Interaction between density-driven flow and geochemical reactions under evapo-concentration
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.12.010
			
 
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			Mladenov, N., McKnight, D.M., Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2007)			Simulation of DOM fluxes in a seasonal floodplain of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Ecological Modelling
			doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.02.015
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2006)			Recent changes in flooding in the Xudum distributary of the Okavango Delta and Lake Ngami, Botswana
			South African Journal of Science
			doi:2-s2.0-33748450945
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2006)			Reconstruction 1989- 2005 inundation history in the okavango delta from archival landsat tm imagery
			European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
			doi:2-s2.0-80054877648
			
 
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			Bartsch, A., Wagner, W., Scipal, K., Pathe, C., Sabel, D., Wolski, P., 			 (2006)			ENVISAT ASAR global mode capabilities for global monitoring of wetlands
			European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
			doi:2-s2.0-34249688529
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Murray-Hudson, M., 			 (2006)			Flooding dynamics in a large low-gradient alluvial fan, the Okavango Delta, Botswana, from analysis and interpretation of a 30-year hydrometric record
			Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
			doi:2-s2.0-34447294624
			
 
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			Peter Bauer-Gottwein, Henning Prommer, Thomas Langer, Piotr Wolski, Peter Bauer-Gottwein, 			 (2006)			INTERACTION OF DENSITY FLOW AND GEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES ON ISLANDS IN THE OKAVANGO DELTA, BOTSWANA
			XVI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources
			doi:10.4122/1.1000000499
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Savenije, H.H.G., 			 (2006)			Dynamics of floodplain-island groundwater flow in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.07.027
			
 
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			Krah, M., McCarthy, T.S., Huntsman-Mapila, P., Wolski, P., Annegarn, H., Sethebe, K., 			 (2006)			Nutrient budget in the seasonal wetland of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Wetlands Ecology and Management
			doi:10.1007/s11273-005-1115-0
			
 
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			Huntsman-Mapila, P., Mapila, T., Letshwenyo, M., Wolski, P., Hemond, C., 			 (2006)			Characterization of arsenic occurrence in the water and sediments of the Okavango Delta, NW Botswana
			Applied Geochemistry
			doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2006.05.003
			
 
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			Mazvimavi, D., Wolski, P., 			 (2006)			Long-term variations of annual flows of the Okavango and Zambezi Rivers
			Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
			doi:10.1016/j.pce.2006.08.016
			
 
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			Murray-Hudson, M., Wolski, P., Ringrose, S., 			 (2006)			Scenarios of the impact of local and upstream changes in climate and water use on hydro-ecology in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.041
			
 
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			Wolski, P., Savenije, H.H.G., Murray-Hudson, M., Gumbricht, T., 			 (2006)			Modelling of the flooding in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, using a hybrid reservoir-GIS model
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.04.040
			
 
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			Ramberg, L., Wolski, P., Krah, M., 			 (2006)			Water balance and infiltration in a seasonal floodplain in the Okaying Delta Botswana
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[677:WBAIIA]2.0.CO;2
			
 
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			Mladenov, N., McKnight, D.M., Wolski, P., Ramberg, L., 			 (2005)			Effects of annual flooding on dissolved organic carbon dynamics within a pristine wetland, the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Wetlands
			doi:10.1672/0277-5212(2005)025[0622:EOAFOD]2.0.CO;2
			
 
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			Gieske, A.S., Wubett, M.T., Timmermans, W.J., Parodi, G.N., Wolski, P., Arneth, A., 			 (2004)			Temperature-Emissivity Separation with ASTER and LANDSAT 7 Validation on the fringe of the Okavango Delta, Botswana
			Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
			doi:10.1117/12.511043
			
 
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			Timmermans, W.J., Gieske, A.S., Kustas, W.P., Wolski, P., Arneth, A., Parodi, G.N., 			 (2004)			Determination of water and heat fluxes with MODIS imagery - Maun, Botswana
			Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
			doi:10.1117/12.511117
			
 
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			Gumbricht, T., Wolski, P., Frost, P., McCarthy, T.S., 			 (2004)			Forecasting the spatial extent of the annual flood in the Okavango delta, Botswana
			Journal of Hydrology
			doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2003.11.010
			
 
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			Andersson, L., Gumbricht, T., Hughes, D., Kniveton, D., Ringrose, S., Savenije, H., Todd, M., Wilk, J., Wolski, P., 			 (2003)			Water flow dynamics in the Okavango River Basin and Delta - A prerequisite for the ecosystems of the Delta
			Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
			doi:10.1016/j.pce.2003.09.002
			
 
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			Ringrose, S., Matheson, W., Wolski, P., Huntsman-Mapila, P., 			 (2003)			Vegetation cover trends along the Botswana Kalahari transect
			Journal of Arid Environments
			doi:10.1006/jare.2002.1092
			
 
Posts by Piotr Wolski
- Forecasting seasonal rainfall at SARCOF, 17 Sep 2025 in Climate Services and CSAG Blog and Frontpage
- COVID-19 Data Monitoring Page, 20 Mar 2020 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
- Twice the global rate, 25 Sep 2019 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
- Change is possible, 30 Apr 2019 in Climate Change and CSAG Blog and Frontpage
- Drivers of Cape Town’s water shortage, 18 Jul 2018 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
- What Cape Town learned from its drought, 18 Apr 2018 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage and Uncategorized
- Will there be more rain this winter?, 15 Mar 2018 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage
- What is it going to be?, 25 Jan 2018 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage and Uncategorized
- Facts are few, opinions plenty… on drought severity again, 22 Jan 2018 in CSAG Blog and Frontpage