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Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-319-2020
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-319-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
Research article
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01 Apr 2020
Research article |  | 01 Apr 2020

Intensification of the hydrological cycle expected in West Africa over the 21st century

Stella Todzo, Adeline Bichet, and Arona Diedhiou

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This study uses climate projections over West Africa to investigate the future changes in different aspects of its hydrological cycle. Over the 21st century, temperatures are expected to increase at a faster rate (+0.5 °C per decade) than the global average (+0.3 °C per decade), leading to an intensification of the hydrological cycle on average of +11 % per °C over the Sahel (more intense precipitation and longer dry spells) and +3 % per °C over the Guinea Coast (more intense precipitation).
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