West African Monsoon and its Modeling
AGU Atmospheric Section A072
(Cosponsors: Biogeosciences, Global Environmental Change, Hydrology, Nonlinear Geophysics, and Ocean Sciences Sections)
The West African Monsoon (WAM), a major component of the global climate system, possesses one of the strongest long-term (multi-decadal) signals in the 20th century associated with the Sahel drought.