This study examines the inter-annual variability of rainfall and Mean Sea Level Pressure (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">M</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"&g...This study examines the inter-annual variability of rainfall and Mean Sea Level Pressure (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">M</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">SLP) over west Africa based on analysis of the Global Precipitation</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Climatology Project (GPCP) and National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) Reanalysis respectively. An interconnection is found in this region, between Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) anomaly (over Azores and St. Helena High) and monthly mean precipitation during summer (June to September: JJAS). We also found that over northern Senegal (15</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">N</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">17</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">N;17</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">W</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">13</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">W) the SLP to the north is strong;the wind converges at 200</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hPa corresponding to the position of the African Easterly Jet (AEJ) the rotational wind 700</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hPa (corresponding to the position of the African Easterly Jet (AEJ) coming from the north-east is negative. In this region, th展开更多
文摘This study examines the inter-annual variability of rainfall and Mean Sea Level Pressure (</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">M</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">SLP) over west Africa based on analysis of the Global Precipitation</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Climatology Project (GPCP) and National Center for Environmental Prediction/National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP/NCAR) Reanalysis respectively. An interconnection is found in this region, between Mean Sea Level Pressure (MSLP) anomaly (over Azores and St. Helena High) and monthly mean precipitation during summer (June to September: JJAS). We also found that over northern Senegal (15</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">N</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">17</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">N;17</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">W</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">13</span><span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:Verdana;">°</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">W) the SLP to the north is strong;the wind converges at 200</span></span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hPa corresponding to the position of the African Easterly Jet (AEJ) the rotational wind 700</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">hPa (corresponding to the position of the African Easterly Jet (AEJ) coming from the north-east is negative. In this region, th
