Special Issue Article

Interannual and decadal SST-forced responses of the West African monsoon

  1. Belén Rodríguez-Fonseca1,*,
  2. Serge Janicot2,
  3. Elsa Mohino2,3,
  4. Teresa Losada1,
  5. Juergen Bader4,
  6. Cyril Caminade5,
  7. Fabrice Chauvin6,
  8. Bernard Fontaine7,
  9. Javier García-Serrano1,
  10. Sebastien Gervois2,
  11. Mathieu Joly6,
  12. Irene Polo1,
  13. Paolo Ruti8,
  14. Pascal Roucou7,
  15. Aurore Voldoire6

Article first published online: 22 FEB 2011

DOI: 10.1002/asl.308

Issue

Atmospheric Science Letters

Atmospheric Science Letters

Special Issue: African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA): an integrated project for understanding of the West African climate system and its human dimension

Volume 12, Issue 1, pages 67–74, January/March 2011

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How to Cite

Rodríguez-Fonseca, B., Janicot, S., Mohino, E., Losada, T., Bader, J., Caminade, C., Chauvin, F., Fontaine, B., García-Serrano, J., Gervois, S., Joly, M., Polo, I., Ruti, P., Roucou, P. and Voldoire, A. (2011), Interannual and decadal SST-forced responses of the West African monsoon. Atmosph. Sci. Lett., 12: 67–74. doi: 10.1002/asl.308

Author Information

  1. 1

    Departamento de Geofisica y Meteorologia, Facultad de Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

  2. 2

    LOCEAN/IPSL, CNRS, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France

  3. 3

    Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

  4. 4

    Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, Bergen, Norway

  5. 5

    CERFAX, Tolouse-Cedex, France

  6. 6

    GAME/CNRM, Meteo-France/CNRS, Tolouse, France

  7. 7

    Centre de Recherches de Climatologie, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

  8. 8

    ENEA, Rome, Italy

*Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Departamento de Geofísica y Meteorología Facultad de Fisicas, Avda Complutense s/n, Madrid 28040, Spain.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 25 FEB 2011
  2. Article first published online: 22 FEB 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 21 SEP 2010
  4. Manuscript Revised: 18 SEP 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 20 FEB 2010

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Keywords:

  • African Monsoon;
  • decadal variability;
  • interannual variability;
  • Sahelian rainfall;
  • SST forced response

Abstract

We review the studies carried out during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)-EU on the changes of interannual sea surface temperature (SST)–West African monsoon (WAM) covariability at multidecadal timescales, together with the influence of global warming (GW). The results obtained in the AMMA-EU suggest the importance of the background state, modulated by natural and anthropogenic variability, in the appearance of different interannual modes. The lack of reliability of current coupled models in giving a realistic assessment for WAM in the future is also stated. Copyright © 2011 Royal Meteorological Society

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