Abstract: n this study the capability of eight state-of-the-art ocean?atmosphere coupled models in predicting the monsoonal precipitation in the Sahel on a decadal time scale is assessed. To estimate the importance of the initialization, ...

Abstract: ixty-four southwest Pacific island meteorological stations were used to develop ENSO-related austral warm season (November?April) rainfall climatologies for 1961?90. Historical data for the same station set were then ...

Abstract: AbstractUnderstanding the West African monsoon (WAM) dynamics in the mid-Holocene (MH) is a crucial issue in climate modeling, because numerical models typically fail to reproduce the extensive precipitation suggested by ...

Abstract: he Sahel experienced a severe drought during the 1970s and 1980s after wet periods in the 1950s and 1960s. Although rainfall partially recovered since the 1990s, the drought had devastating impacts on society. Most studies ...