IMPACT OF DYNAMIC VEGETATION ON DUST AND SAHEL PRECIPITATION
Andrea M. Sealy (ASP/CGD) and Natalie Mahowald (on leave from CGD/TIIMES, now at Cornell University)

Atmosphere diagnostics of cases compared with observations and reanalyses:
  • AMIPnd-OBS
  • AMIPwfb-OBS
  • AMIPndDV-OBS
  • AMIPwfbDV-OBS
  • SOMnd-OBS
  • SOMwfb-OBS
  • SOMndDV-OBS
  • SOMwfbDV-OBS

    • Atmosphere diagnostics of case-to-case comparisons:
  • AMIPwfb-AMIPnd
  • AMIPndDV-AMIPnd
  • AMIPwfbDV-AMIPwfb
  • AMIPwfbDV-AMIPndDV
  • SOMwfb-SOMnd
  • SOMndDV-SOMnd
  • SOMwfbDV-SOMwfb
  • SOMwfbDV-SOMndDV

    • Land diagnostics of case-to-case comparisons:
  • AMIPndDV-AMIPnd
  • AMIPwfbDV-AMIPwfb(dry Sahel period)
  • AMIPwfbDV-AMIPwfb (wet Sahel period)
  • AMIPwfbDV-AMIPndDV
  • SOMndDV-SOMnd
  • SOMwfbDV-SOMwfb
  • SOMwfbDV-SOMndDV

    • Research updates, summaries, highlights:
  • 10/03/2007


  • Description of cases:
  • AMIPnd- observed sea surface temperature (SST); no dust radiative forcing
  • AMINndDV- observed SST; no dust radiative forcing; coupled with Dynamic Global Vegetation Model (DGVM)
  • AMIPwfb- observed SST; shortwave and longwave dust radiative forcing and feedback
  • AMIPwfbDV- observed SST; shortwave and longwave dust radiative forcing and feedback; coupled with DGVM
  • SOMnd- interactive SST; no dust radiative forcing
  • SOMndDV- interactive SST; no dust radiative forcing; coupled with DGVM
  • SOMwfb- interactive SST; shortwave and longwave dust radiative forcing and feedback
  • SOMwfbDV- interactive SST; shortwave and longwave dust radiative forcing and feedback; coupled with DGVM

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