The West African Sahel is well known for the severe droughts that ravaged the region in the
1970s and 1980s. Meteorological research on the region has flourished during the last …

ABSTRACT Variability of the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Tropical Atlantic dominate the
climate of the North Atlantic sector, the underlying ocean and surrounding continents on …

Marine records of African climate variability document a shift toward more arid conditions
after 2.8 million years ago (Ma), evidently resulting from remote forcing by cold North Atlantic …

We present evidence, based on an ensemble of integrations with NSIPP1 (version 1 of the
atmospheric general circulation model developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center …

Empirical orthogonal functions (E0Fs) and composite analyses are used to investigate the
development of sea surface temperature (SST) anomaly patterns over the tropical Atlantic …

Rayner, NA, DE Parker, EB Horton, CK Folland, LV Alexander, DP Rowell, EC Kent, and A.
Kaplan, 2003: Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air …

Ethiopia has been ravaged by severe drought for many of the last 35 years, primarily due to
the failure of its main (Kiremt) rainy season in boreal summer. Kiremt quality results from the …

The nature and causes of seasonal (July to September (JAS)) rainfall variability over tropical
north Africa are investigated using a combination of empirical and modelling approaches …

ABSTRACT A 47-year record (1951–1997) of gridded data covering Africa south of the
Sahara was used to document the spatial and seasonal patterns of the correlation between …

This article presents an overview of the land ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone) over
West Africa, based on analysis of NCAR–NCEP Reanalysis data. The picture that emerges …