Skilful prediction of Sahel summer rainfall on inter-annual and multi-year timescales

Summer rainfall in the agriculturally-reliant Sahel is extremely variable, with the region particularly vulnerable to major droughts. Here, the authors investigate the mechanisms that drive Sahel summer rainfall change on inter-annual and multi-year timescales and show that Sahel rainfall can be ski...

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Main Authors: K. L. Sheen, D. M. Smith, N. J. Dunstone, R. Eade, D. P. Rowell, M. Vellinga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14966