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SUBMITTER: Steinig S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5803197 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Steinig S S Harlaß J J Park W W Latif M M
Scientific reports 20180207 1
The simulation of Sahel rainfall and its onset during the West African Monsoon (WAM) remains a challenge for current state-of-the-art climate models due to their persistent biases, especially in the tropical Atlantic region. Here we show that improved representation of Atlantic Cold Tongue (ACT) development is essential for a more realistic seasonal evolution of the WAM, which is due to a further inland migration of the precipitation maximum. The observed marked relationship between ACT developm ...[more]