Oceanic influence on the sub-seasonal to interannual timing and frequency of extreme dry spells over the West African Sahel

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 189-201

  Salack, Seyni ^a,b   Giannini, Alessandra ^c   Diakhaté, Moussa ^a   Gaye, Amadou T ^a   Muller, Bertrand ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Centre d'Etude Regional Pour l'Amelioration de l'Adaptation a la Secheresse (CERAAS)   (Senegal)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d CIRAD   (France)

^e Centre du riz pour l'Afrique Senegal   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Extreme dry spells; Niger and Senegal; Regional Occurrence Index; Seasonality; Spatial coherence; SST anomaly; West African Sahel

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

NIGER [WEST AFRICA]; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SENEGAL;

EID: 84891630115     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1673-4     Document Type: Article

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