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DOI | 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0274.1 |
Deep Convection over Africa: Annual Cycle, ENSO, and Trends in the Hotspots | |
Hart, Neil C. G.1; Washington, Richard1; Maidment, Ross, I2 | |
2019-12-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF CLIMATE |
ISSN | 0894-8755 |
EISSN | 1520-0442 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 32期号:24页码:8791-8811 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England |
英文摘要 | Africa is one of the three key regions of deep convection in the global tropics. There is a wealth of information on the intensity, variability, and change of convection and associated rainfall in regions across the continent but almost all of this literature is regionally focused and confined to specific seasons. This fragmented approach precludes a continent-wide view of deep convection leaving the following key issues unanswered: When is deep convection the most widespread across Africa? Where on the continent is deep convection most active? Where does widespread convection have the most interannual variability? This paper confronts these questions using a satellite-derived integral of deep convection. At the continental scale, March exhibits the most extensive deep convection whereas the West African monsoon during June-July exhibits the least. El Nino generally suppresses pan-African convective activity while La Nina enhances this activity. These pan-African signals are largely determined by regional hotspots: the eastern Congo hosts the most persistent widespread deep convection, southeastern southern Africa displays the highest interannual variability, and regional highlands maintain local convective activity hotspots. Furthermore, pan-African annual mean convective activity has increased 10% between 1983 and 2015 with increases of >20% recorded in local hotspots. Results in this study provide a climatological baseline for both observational and model-based studies of African climates and offer insights into when African convection has the greatest potential impact on the general circulation. |
英文关键词 | Africa Deep convection Mesoscale systems Satellite observations Annual variations Climate variability |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000501234900001 |
WOS关键词 | SOUTHERN-OSCILLATION ; CONGO BASIN ; CLOUD CLUSTERS ; RAINFALL ; SYSTEMS ; CLIMATOLOGY ; VARIABILITY ; ATMOSPHERE ; FIELDS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/225668 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, Oxford, England; 2.Univ Reading, Dept Meteorol, Reading, Berks, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hart, Neil C. G.,Washington, Richard,Maidment, Ross, I. Deep Convection over Africa: Annual Cycle, ENSO, and Trends in the Hotspots[J]. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,2019,32(24):8791-8811. |
APA | Hart, Neil C. G.,Washington, Richard,&Maidment, Ross, I.(2019).Deep Convection over Africa: Annual Cycle, ENSO, and Trends in the Hotspots.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,32(24),8791-8811. |
MLA | Hart, Neil C. G.,et al."Deep Convection over Africa: Annual Cycle, ENSO, and Trends in the Hotspots".JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 32.24(2019):8791-8811. |
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