Recent summer precipitation trends in the Greater Horn of Africa and the emerging role of Indian Ocean sea surface temperature

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 9-10, 2012, Pages 2307-2328

  Williams, A Park ^a,b   Funk, Chris ^b,c   Michaelsen, Joel ^b   Rauscher, Sara A ^h   Robertson, Iain ^d   Wils, Tommy H G ^e   Koprowski, Marcin ^f   Eshetu, Zewdu ^g   Loader, Neil J ^d  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^g NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Drought; Energy flux; Food security; Global warming; Indian Ocean warming; Moisture transports; Stable isotopes; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; ENERGY FLUX; FOOD SECURITY; GLOBAL WARMING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUMMER; TREE RING; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); CONGO BASIN; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84868116775     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1222-y     Document Type: Article

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