Articles | Volume 20, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3789-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-3789-2016
Research article
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13 Sep 2016
Research article |  | 13 Sep 2016

Synchrony of trend shifts in Sahel boreal summer rainfall and global oceanic evaporation, 1950–2012

Alima Diawara, Yoshihiro Tachibana, Kazuhiro Oshima, Hatsumi Nishikawa, and Yuta Ando

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (15 Mar 2016) by Luis Samaniego
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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (24 Jun 2016) by Luis Samaniego
AR by Yoshihiro Tachibana on behalf of the Authors (29 Jun 2016)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (11 Jul 2016) by Alberto Guadagnini
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The western African Sahel region has been one of the most important research areas for studying climatic variability due to its fragile climate conditions. Between 1950 and 2012, summer rainfall in the Sahel changed from a multi-decadal decreasing trend to an increasing trend (positive trend shift) in the mid-1980s. We found that this trend shift was synchronous with similar trend shifts in global oceanic evaporation and in land precipitation on all continents except the Americas.