Divergent future change in South Atlantic Ocean Dipole impacts on regional rainfall in CMIP6 models
Uzoma C Nworgu,
Hyacinth C Nnamchi,
Nilton E Rosário
Abstract:The South Atlantic Ocean Dipole (SAOD) exerts strong influence on climate variability in parts of Africa and South America. Here we assess the ability of an ensemble of 35 state-of-the-art coupled global climate models to simulate the SAOD impacts on regional rainfall for the historical period (1950 to 2014) and future projections (2015 - 2079). For both periods we consider the peak phase of the dipole which is in austral winter. Observational analysis reveals four regions with spatially coherent SAOD impacts… Show more
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