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Influence of Walker circulations on East African rainfall by Zhao, Siyu, Cook, Kerry H.

“…Walker circulations near East Africa are identified and their influence on the interannual variability of East African rainfall is explored in multiple…”
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West African monsoon demise: Climatology, interannual variations, and relationship to seasonal rainfall by Zhang, Gang, Cook, Kerry H.

“…The climatology and interannual variations of the West African monsoon demise are investigated using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and the Global…”
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The South Atlantic Subtropical High: Climatology and Interannual Variability by Sun, Xiaoming, Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…ERA-Interim and JRA-55 reanalysis products are analyzed to document the annual cycle of the South Atlantic subtropical high (SASH) and examine how its…”
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Observed relationship between the Turkana low-level jet and boreal summer convection by Vizy, Edward K., Cook, Kerry H.

“…The Turkana low-level jet is a circulation feature over northern Kenya that is not spatially well-resolved in many observational datasets. Here,…”
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Detection and Analysis of an Amplified Warming of the Sahara Desert by Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…Evaluation of three reanalyses (ERA-Interim, NCEP-2, and MERRA) and two observational datasets [CRU and Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)] for…”
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Greenhouse gas-induced modification of intense storms over the west African sahel through thermodynamic and dynamic processes by Zhao, Siyu, Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…Convective-permitting ensemble simulations are used to understand the roles of thermodynamic and dynamic processes in changing intense storms over the West…”
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Projected Changes in East African Rainy Seasons by Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…A regional climate model with 90-km horizontal resolution on a large domain is used to predict and analyze precipitation changes over East Africa caused by…”
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Understanding extreme rainfall in the Sahel of Southwestern Mali by Vizy, Edward K., Cook, Kerry H.

“…West African Sahel extreme rainfall events cause flooding and property damage, and some areas are more prone to their occurrence. One favorable region is…”
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Mesoscale convective systems and nocturnal rainfall over the West African Sahel: role of the Inter-tropical front by Vizy, Edward K., Cook, Kerry H.

“…A convection-permitting regional model simulation for August 2006 and observations are evaluated to better understand the diurnal cycle of precipitation over…”
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How shrinkage of Lake Chad affects the local climate by Zhao, Siyu, Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…Convective-permitting ensemble simulations are used to understand how areal changes of Lake Chad affect precipitation. Shrinkage of Lake Chad from about 25,000…”
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Distribution of extreme rainfall events and their environmental controls in the West African Sahel and Soudan by Vizy, Edward K., Cook, Kerry H.

“…West African Sahel and Soudan extreme rainfall events are impactful when strong mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) produce large amounts of rainfall in short…”
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Role of inertial instability in the West African monsoon jump by Cook, Kerry H.

“…The West African monsoon jump is a sudden shift in the latitude of the West African precipitation maximum from the Guinean coast near 4°N into Sahel near 12°N…”
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Extreme rainfall events in the West African Sahel: Understanding storm development over the Damergou gap using convection‐permitting simulations in the Weather Research and Forecasting model by Vizy, Edward K., Cook, Kerry H.

“…Extreme rainfall events in the West African Sahel can be impactful, yet we do not completely understand why such storms develop. Here, we utilize NASA…”
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Understanding the regionality and diurnal cycles of precipitation in the Lake Victoria Basin during Boreal fall by Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…The diurnal cycle of rainfall in the Lake Victoria Basin of East Africa results from the super positioning of regional circulations driven by lake/land…”
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Hydrodynamics of regional and seasonal variations in Congo Basin precipitation by Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…The processes that determine the seasonality of precipitation in the Congo Basin are examined using the atmospheric column moisture budget. Studying the…”
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Congo Basin drying associated with poleward shifts of the African thermal lows by Cook, Kerry H., Liu, Yang, Vizy, Edward K.

“…Trends in Congo Basin rainfall in six observational datasets are examined on monthly and annual time scales to motivate an investigation of changes in the…”
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Mid-Twenty-First-Century Changes in Extreme Events over Northern and Tropical Africa by Vizy, Edward K., Cook, Kerry H.

“…Changes in rainfall and temperature extremes are predicted by many global climate models as a response to greenhouse gas increases, and such changes will have…”
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Changes in intense rainfall events and dry periods across Africa in the twenty-first century by Han, Fan, Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…A statistical framework for evaluating changes in extreme events is proposed and applied to evaluate a 20-member, regional climate model ensemble simulation…”
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Role of the West African Westerly Jet in Sahel Rainfall Variations by Pu, Bing, Cook, Kerry H.

“…The West African westerly jet is a low-level feature of the summer climatology that transports moisture from the eastern Atlantic onto the African continent at…”
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Mesoscale convective systems in the Congo Basin: seasonality, regionality, and diurnal cycles by Andrews, Patrick C., Cook, Kerry H., Vizy, Edward K.

“…Twenty years of IMERG precipitation estimates are used to evaluate the contributions of mesoscale convective system (MCS) rainfall to total rainfall in the…”
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