Interannual and decadal SST-forced responses of the West African monsoon

Rodríguez-Fonseca, B. ; Janicot, S. ; Mohino, E. ; Losada, T. ; Bader, J. ; Caminade, C. ; Chauvin, F. ; Fontaine, B. ; Garcia-Serrano, J. ; Gervois, S. ; Joly, M. ; Polo, I. ; Ruti, P. ; Roucou, P. ; Voldoire, A.

Année de publication
2011

We review the studies carried out during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)-EU on the changes of interannual sea surface temperature (SST)West African monsoon (WAM) covariability at multidecadal timescales, together with the influence of global warming (GW). The results obtained in the AMMA-EU suggest the importance of the background state, modulated by natural and anthropogenic variability, in the appearance of different interannual modes. The lack of reliability of current coupled models in giving a realistic assessment for WAM in the future is also stated. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society

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