Simulation of West African monsoon using RegCM3 part II: impacts of deforestation and desertification
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The values from Abiodun et al (2008) are higher than what this paper finds, but their scenario also involves deforestation in the sub-humid forests of West Africa.
“These values are higher than what we find, but we note that their scenario also involves deforestation in the sub-humid forests of West Africa.”
From The impact of deforestation on rainfall in Africa: a data-driven assessment (2021) · cites this paper as Abiodun et al (2008)
Abiodun et al (2008) find that extreme deforestation reduces average monsoon rainfall across West Africa with approximately 50-400 mm yr -1.
“Our results can be compared with those of Abiodun et al (2008) who deploy the International Centre for Theoretical Physics Regional Climate Model and find that extreme deforestation reduces average monsoon rainfall across West Africa with approximately 50-400 mm yr -1 .”
From The impact of deforestation on rainfall in Africa: a data-driven assessment (2021) · cites this paper as Abiodun et al (2008)
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Duku, C., & Hein, L. (2021) · Environmental Research Letters · doi:10.1088/1748-9326/abfcfb · Cited by 51 · see citing works
- Authors
- Abiodun, B. J., Pal, J. S., Afiesimama, E. A., Gutowski, W. J., & Adedoyin, A.
- Affiliations
- Iowa State University (US)
- The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) (IT)
- University of Botswana (BW)
- Corresponding author
- Abiodun, B. J.
- Venue
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology
- Published
- 2007-10-12
- Volume
- 93
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 245-261
- ISSN
- 0066-6424 (ISSN-L)
- 0177-798X
- 1434-4483
- OpenAlex
- W2092367192
- Cited by
- 143
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 3.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Theoretical and Applied Climatology (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
- Iowa State University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Keywords
- West African monsoon, deforestation, desertification, RegCM3 regional climate model, meridional temperature gradient, surface friction, African Easterly Jet, moisture transport, rainfall patterns, biosphere-climate interactions
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