Weakened seasonality of the African rainforest precipitation in boreal winter and spring driven by tropical SST variabilities

Abstract Precipitation in the equatorial African rainforest plays an important role in both the regional hydrological cycle and the global climate variability. Previous studies mostly focus on the trends of drought in recent decades or long-time scales. Using two observational datasets, we reveal a...

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Main Authors: Xin-Yue Wang, Jiang Zhu, Meijiao Xin, Chentao Song, Yadi Li, Yi Zhou, Xichen Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-06-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40562-021-00192-w