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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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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.