
Can West African monsoon rainfall be predicted on decadal time scales?
Author(s) -
Balcerak Ernie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2013eo290016
Subject(s) - monsoon , climatology , agriculture , geography , environmental science , geology , archaeology
The economies in much of West Africa are based on agriculture, which is strongly affected by rainfall variability. Thus, predictions of variations in West African monsoon rainfall could be valuable to people in those regions.