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Changes in the African monsoon region at medium-term time horizon using 12 AR4 coupled models under the A1b emissions scenario.

Bernard FontainePaul-arthur MoneriePascal Roucou

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Wet seasonAtmospheric ScienceClimate changeTime horizonSubtropicsPrecipitationMonsoonAtmospheric sciencesWest africaLatitude[ SDE.MCG ] Environmental Sciences/Global ChangesAfrican monsoonClimatologyWest AfricaEnvironmental scienceClimate changePrecipitation[ SDU.STU.CL ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology

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This study documents simulated precipitation and circulation changes through the 20C3M and A1b scenarios. It portrays a robust pattern, associating rainfall deficits in subtropical regions with rainfall excesses over West Africa, except in Northern Senegal and Mauritania, with a significant enhancement of both the April–June rainy season in 10/12 models and of the July–September rainy season in 8/12 models. Eastward to 5°W a northward shift in the latitude of the moisture flux convergence at 850 hPa is evident in 10/11 models (+0.58° in mean) and a southward shift in 6/11 models in the western region (−0.24°) is observed. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society

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