Effects of West African air humidity on Atlantic sea surface temperature
Blumenthal, M.B. (1990). Effects of West African air humidity on Atlantic sea surface temperature, in: Paepe, R. et al. Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325: pp. 21-40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0_2 In: Paepe, R. et al. (Ed.) (1990). Greenhouse Effect, Sea Level and Drought. Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Geohydrological Management of Sea Level and Mitigation of Drought, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Spain), March 1-7, 1989. Digitized reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1990. NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences, 325. Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht. ISBN 978-94-009-0701-0. xix, 718 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0701-0, more In: NATO ASI Series C: Mathematical and Physical Sciences. D. Reidel: Dordrecht; Boston; Lancaster. ISSN 0258-2023, more |
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| Abstract | Simple models of both the atmospheric and oceanic sides of the ocean/atmosphere boundary are used to model the air specific humidity over the tropical Atlantic. It is shown that most of the climatological patterns of specific humidity can be reproduced with these fairly simple models.These models can then be used to predict the effects of changes in West African surface specific humidity on the sea surface temperature (SST) patterns of the tropical Atlantic. They suggest that small changes in specific humidity (1 g/kg) could result in significant SST changes (1°C) over the area which the land humidity influences. These SST changes in turn could effect West African climate, the Sahel in particular. |
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