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Recent observed and simulated changes in precipitation over Africa
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Multiple observational data sets and atmosphere‐only simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 are analyzed to characterize recent rainfall variability and trends over Africa focusing on 1983–2010. Data sets exhibiting spurious variability, linked in part to a reduction in rain gauge density, were identified. The remaining observations display coherent increases in annual Sahel rainfall (29 to 43 mm yr−1 per decade), decreases in March–May East African rainfall (−14 to −65 mm yr−1 per decade), and increases in annual Southern Africa rainfall (32 to 41 mm yr−1 per decade). However, Central Africa annual rainfall trends vary in sign (−10 to +39 mm yr−1 per decade). For Southern Africa, observed and sea surface temperature (SST)‐forced model simulated rainfall variability are significantly correlated (r~0.5) and linked to SST patterns associated with recent strengthening of the Pacific Walker circulation.
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- Authors
- Maidment, R. I., Allan, R. P., & Black, E.
- Venue
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 2015-10-12
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- 8155-8164
- ISSN
- 0094-8276 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-8007
- OpenAlex
- W1899205596
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- 260
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 15.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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