A sensitivity study on the role of the swamps of southern Sudan in the summer climate of North Africa using a regional climate model

We used the regional climate model RegCM3 to investigate the role of the swamps of southern Sudan in affecting the climate of the surrounding region. Towards this end, we first assessed the performance of a high resolution version of the model over northern Africa. RegCM3 shows a good skill in simul...

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Main Authors: Zaroug, Modathir A. H., Sylla, M. B., Giorgi, F., Eltahir, Elfatih A. B., Aggarwal, Pradeep K.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Vienna 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104446