The West African Sahel: A review of recent studies on the rainfall regime and its interannual variability

SE Nicholson - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The West African Sahel is well known for the severe droughts that ravaged the region in the
1970s and 1980s. Meteorological research on the region has flourished during the last …

[HTML][HTML] The “year” of tropical convection (May 2008–April 2010): Climate variability and weather highlights

DE Waliser, MW Moncrieff, D Burridge… - Bulletin of the …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
The “Year” of Tropical Convection (May 2008–April 2010): Climate Variability and Weather
Highlights in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 93 Issue 8 (2012) …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating climate models with an African lens

R James, R Washington, B Abiodun… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Evaluating Climate Models with an African Lens in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological
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The impact of the AMO on the West African monsoon annual cycle

ER Martin, CD Thorncroft - Quarterly Journal of the Royal …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A combination of observations and re‐analysis was used to investigate the mechanisms of
the connection between the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) and Sahel rainfall. A …

A record-breaking trans-Atlantic African dust plume associated with atmospheric circulation extremes in June 2020

B Pu, Q ** - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
High concentrations of dust can affect climate and human health, yet our understanding of
extreme dust events is still limited. A record-breaking trans-Atlantic African dust plume …

Process-oriented evaluation of the West African Monsoon system in CORDEX-CORE regional climate models

AT Tamoffo, A Dosio, LK Amekudzi, T Weber - Climate Dynamics, 2023 - Springer
Improving the simulation of the West African Monsoon (WAM) system is paramount to
increasing confidence in the projections of the region's monsoon rainfall change. This work …

[HTML][HTML] The Madden–Julian oscillation's influence on African easterly waves and downstream tropical cyclogenesis

MJ Ventrice, CD Thorncroft… - Monthly Weather …, 2011 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Madden–Julian Oscillation’s Influence on African Easterly Waves and Downstream
Tropical Cyclogenesis in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 139 Issue 9 (2011) Jump to …

The modulating influence of convectively coupled equatorial waves (CCEWs) on the variability of tropical precipitation

SW Lubis, C Jacobi - International Journal of Climatology, 2015 - oceanrep.geomar.de
A detailed examination of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) daily estimates,
merging high-quality (HQ)/infrared (IR) precipitation from 1998 to 2009, revealed the …

[HTML][HTML] Intraseasonal variability of the Saharan heat low and its link with midlatitudes

F Chauvin, R Roehrig, JP Lafore - Journal of Climate, 2010 - journals.ametsoc.org
Intraseasonal Variability of the Saharan Heat Low and Its Link with Midlatitudes in: Journal of
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West African monsoon in state-of-the-science regional climate models

MB Sylla, I Diallo, JS Pal - Climate Variability—Regional and …, 2013 - books.google.com
The western Sahel (eg rectangle in Figure 1) climate is dominated by the West African
Monsoon (WAM), a large-scale circulation characterized by reversal in direction of winds in …