Climate Models Lack Jet–Rainfall Coupling over West Africa

Climate Models Lack Jet–Rainfall Coupling over West Africa

Changes in large-scale dynamics over West Africa-the strength and position of zonal jets-are a key interim step by which local and remote forcing is communicated into changes in rainfall. This study identifies a key mode of jet variability and demonstrates how it is strongly coupled with rainfall. T...

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Main Authors:	Nicholson, S. E., Schlosser, A., Whittleston, David, Entekhabi, Dara
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format:	Article
Published:	American Meteorological Society 2018
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114588 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5364-8543 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-4761

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