Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations

Christopher M. Taylor (), Danijel Belušić, Françoise Guichard, Douglas J. Parker, Théo Vischel, Olivier Bock, Phil P. Harris, Serge Janicot, Cornelia Klein and Gérémy Panthou
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Christopher M. Taylor: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Danijel Belušić: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Françoise Guichard: Centre National de Recherches Météorologique (CNRM), UMR 3589, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & Météo-France
Douglas J. Parker: School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds
Théo Vischel: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), CNRS, Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes (G-INP), Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE)
Olivier Bock: Institut national de l’information géographique et forestière (IGN) Laboratoire de Recherche en Géodésie (LAREG), Université Paris Diderot
Phil P. Harris: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Serge Janicot: UMR7159, Laboratoire d’Océanographie et du Climat: Expérimentations et Approches Numérique (LOCEAN), Sorbonne Universités, l’Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)-CNRS-l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (MNHN)
Cornelia Klein: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Gérémy Panthou: Univ. Grenoble Alpes, l’Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), CNRS, Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes (G-INP), Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (IGE)

Nature, 2017, vol. 544, issue 7651, 475-478

Abstract: Since 1982, extreme daily rainfall in the western Sahel has increased persistently, owing to a warmer Sahara which has led to increased wind shear and an increase in intense storms.

Date: 2017
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