Articles | Volume 8, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-495-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-8-495-2017
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05 Jul 2017
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Non-linear intensification of Sahel rainfall as a possible dynamic response to future warming

Jacob Schewe and Anders Levermann

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An Overview of CMIP5 and the Experiment Design (http://cmip-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cmip5/) K. E. Taylor, R. J. Stouffer, and G. A. Meehl https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00094.1

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Monsoon systems have undergone abrupt changes in past climates, and theoretical considerations show that threshold behavior can follow from the internal dynamics of monsoons. So far, however, the possibility of abrupt changes has not been explored for modern monsoon systems. We analyze state-of-the-art climate model simulations and show that some models project abrupt changes in Sahel rainfall in response to a dynamic shift in the West African monsoon under 21st century climate change.
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