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Dakar Niño under global warming investigated by a high-resolution regionally coupled model
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 5007 Bergen, Norway
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, 5007 Bergen, Norway
Rubén Vázquez
Departamento de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Universidad de Cádiz, 11510 Cádiz, Spain
William Cabos
Departamento de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Claudia Gutiérrez
Departamento de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad de Alcalá, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Dmitry V. Sein
Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
Shirshov Institute of Oceanography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117218, Russia
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, 141701, Russia
Marie-Lou Bachèlery
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen, 5007 Bergen, Norway
CMCC Foundation – Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, 5007 Bergen, Norway
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Using a high-resolution regionally coupled model, we suggest that Dakar Niño variability will be reinforced under the Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 scenario. This may be induced by intensified surface heat flux anomalies and, secondarily, by anomalies in horizontal and vertical advection. Increased sea surface temperature (SST) variability can be associated with stronger wind variability, attributed to amplified surface temperature anomalies between ocean and land.
Using a high-resolution regionally coupled model, we suggest that Dakar Niño variability will be...
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