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Influence of the Sea Surface Temperature Decadal Variability on Tropical Precipitation: West African and South American Monsoon

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The GW index and its corresponding SSTA pattern reproduced by the externally forced CMIP5 simulations and the observed one are characterized in this chapter. The impact of the GW patterns on precipitation in the Sahel and the northern Brazilian regions of the Amazon and the Northeast is also identified and analyzed. Historical simulations of the 20th century allow to compare the results with observations, while the analysis of future projections provide an insight of how the GW influence on rainfall in the regions of study might be along the current century.

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Villamayor, J. (2020). Influence of the GW. In: Influence of the Sea Surface Temperature Decadal Variability on Tropical Precipitation: West African and South American Monsoon. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20327-6_3

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