Physics
Scientific paper
Nov 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006georl..3321705r&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, Issue 21, CiteID L21705
Physics
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Global Change: Climate Variability (1635, 3305, 3309, 4215, 4513), Atmospheric Processes: Ocean/Atmosphere Interactions (0312, 4504), Global Change: Oceans (1616, 3305, 4215, 4513), Geographic Location: Africa, Atmospheric Processes: Climate Change And Variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513)
Scientific paper
Evidence is presented of a connection between sea surface temperature (SST) variability in the tropical southeast Atlantic Ocean off Angola and boreal summer rainfall over coastal West Africa. The strongest relationships exist between April-May SST in the Angola-Benguela Frontal Zone area, May-June latent heat fluxes in this area, and July-August rainfall over the region 5°W-5°E, 5°N-10°N. Anomalously wet summers in this region are also characterised by a weaker African Easterly Jet, a stronger Tropical Easterly Jet and, in many cases, reduced rainfall further north over the Southern Sahel.
Reason Chris J. C.
Rouault Mathieu
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