Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations

2017/04/01 by Christopher M. Taylor, Danijel Belušić, Françoise Guichard +8 · 1 voice · 7 citations
Environmental Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Climate variability and models #Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research #Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

paper · doi:10.1038/nature22069

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• "Frequency of extreme Sahelian storms tripled since 1982 in satellite observations" Causes: a faster warming Sahara than the higher latitudes in this sector causing increased wind shear (faster upper [bsky, 6 points, 0 comments]