August 2017

West African Monsoon (WAM) and Atlantic Cold Tongue (ACT) onsets using Regional Climate Model

This study focused on the occurrences and relationships of the Atlantic Cold Tongue (ACT) and the West African Monsoon (WAM) onsets in the Sudano-Sahelian region during 1983-2000. Two simulations (WAFSSTERA and WAFSSTREY) were used to investigate the sensitivity of the Regional Atmospheric Model (MAR) for two different datasets of sea surface temperature (ERA-40 and Reynolds SST datasets). The MAR reproduced the...

Author(s): K. Benjamin KOUASSI, Adama DIAWARA, K. Yves KOUADIO, Fidèle YOROBA, and Elisée TOUALY