Rainfall trends in the African Sahel: Characteristics, processes, and causes

M Biasutti - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sahel rainfall is dynamically linked to the global Hadley cell and to the regional monsoon
circulation. It is therefore susceptible to forcings from remote oceans and regional land alike …

The present and future of the West African monsoon: A process-oriented assessment of CMIP5 simulations along the AMMA transect

R Roehrig, D Bouniol, F Guichard, F Hourdin… - Journal of …, 2013‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
The present assessment of the West African monsoon in the models of the Coupled Model
Intercomparison Project (CMIP) phase 5 (CMIP5) indicates little evolution since the third …

[PDF][PDF] Spatio‐temporal characteristics of the recent rainfall recovery in West Africa

S Sanogo, AH Fink, JA Omotosho, A Ba… - International Journal …, 2015‏ - researchgate.net
Using daily (monthly) rainfall data from 167 (254) stations across West Africa with at least
80% data availability for the 31-year period 1980–2010 and the gridded African Rainfall …

Validation of IMERG precipitation in Africa

AK Dezfuli, CM Ichoku, GJ Huffman… - Journal of …, 2017‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Understanding of hydroclimatic processes in Africa has been hindered by the lack of in situ
precipitation measurements. Satellite-based observations, in particular, the TRMM …

Skill of global raw and postprocessed ensemble predictions of rainfall over northern tropical Africa

P Vogel, P Knippertz, AH Fink… - Weather and …, 2018‏ - journals.ametsoc.org
Accumulated precipitation forecasts are of high socioeconomic importance for agriculturally
dominated societies in northern tropical Africa. In this study, the performance of nine …

The possible role of local air pollution in climate change in West Africa

P Knippertz, MJ Evans, PR Field, AH Fink… - Nature Climate …, 2015‏ - nature.com
Abstract The climate of West Africa is characterized by a sensitive monsoon system that is
associated with marked natural precipitation variability. This region has been and is …

Rainfall types over southern West Africa: Objective identification, climatology and synoptic environment

M Maranan, AH Fink, P Knippertz - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Southern West Africa (SWA) is characterised by a wide range of rainfall types, the relative
importance of which have never been quantified on a regional level. Here, we use 16 years …

Improved climatological precipitation characteristics over West Africa at convection-permitting scales

S Berthou, DP Rowell, EJ Kendon, MJ Roberts… - Climate Dynamics, 2019‏ - Springer
Abstract The West African climate is unique and challenging to reproduce using standard
resolution climate models as a large proportion of precipitation comes from organised deep …

The propagation and diurnal cycles of deep convection in northern tropical Africa

AG Laing, R Carbone, V Levizzani… - Quarterly Journal of the …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
The propagation and diurnal cycle of organized convection in northern tropical Africa are
examined using five years (1999–2003) of digital infrared imagery for May–August …

A meteorological and chemical overview of the DACCIWA field campaign in West Africa in June–July 2016

P Knippertz, AH Fink, A Deroubaix… - Atmospheric …, 2017‏ - acp.copernicus.org
In June and July 2016 the Dynamics–Aerosol–Chemistry–Cloud Interactions in West Africa
(DACCIWA) project organised a major international field campaign in southern West Africa …