Temporal Climate Variability in Luki Biosphere Reserve, Mayombe, Democratic Republic of Congo

The geographical position of Central Africa in the heart of a continent extending on both sides of the equator, makes it insensitive to the modulations of large-scale circulations; the surface conditions in which the continuous forest cover contributes to the maintenance of high humidity in the lower layers and the instability of the air mass, make Central Africa in general and the Congo Basin les. [...] B vice presidency, the representative of National NGOs working in and around the reserve, the representative of donors (ERAIFT), the representative of customary chiefs, the representative of the governor [16]. [...] Where Pi=the rain of month or year, i= Pm: the average rainfall of the series on the time scale considered; S= the standard deviation of the series on the time scale considered 2.3.1 Length of rainy season and number of rainy days The determination of the dates of the start and end of the rainy season was made by the method of Stern et al. [...] The month of October becomes increasingly dry from the 1964 year, the decade of the beginning of the fall in rainfall and clearly indicates the instability of the climate of Luki. [...] Conclusion The study of the temporal climatic variability in the RBL highlighted the instability of the climate with the rainfall onset increasingly late.