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Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1665-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1665-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 4
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05 Aug 2021
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Influence of the representation of convection on the mid-Holocene West African Monsoon

Leonore Jungandreas, Cathy Hohenegger, and Martin Claussen

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ICON-NWP simulations of the West African Monsoon during the mid-Holocene using parameterized and explicit convection and present-day land surface Leonore Jungandreas, Cathy Hohenegger, and Martin Claussen https://doi.org/10.26050/WDCC/ICON-NWP_mH_convection

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The influence of the representation of convection on the mid-Holocene West African Monsoon – Scripts Leonore Jungandreas, Cathy Hohenegger, and Martin Claussen http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-6597-D

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We investigate the impact of explicitly resolving convection on the mid-Holocene West African Monsoon rain belt by employing the ICON climate model in high resolution. While the spatial distribution and intensity of the precipitation are improved by this technique, the monsoon extents further north and the mean summer rainfall is higher in the simulation with parameterized convection.
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