Examining the potential contributions of extreme 'Western V' sea surface temperatures to the 2017 MAMJ East African drought

Chris Funk; Andrew Hoell; Sharon E. Nicholson; Diriba Korecha; Gideon Galu; Teshome Fetene; Hailermariam Kinfe; Laura Harrison; Segele Zewdu; Tadege Abebe; Atheru Zachary; Catherine Pomposi; Diego Pedreros

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0108.1

Examining the potential contributions of extreme 'Western V' sea surface temperatures to the 2017 MAMJ East African drought

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

By: Chris Funk, Andrew Hoell, Sharon E. Nicholson, Diriba Korecha, Gideon Galu, Teshome Fetene, Hailermariam Kinfe, Laura Harrison, Segele Zewdu, Tadege Abebe, Atheru Zachary, Catherine Pomposi, and Diego Pedreros

https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0108.1

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Abstract

Anthropogenic warming of Western V sea surface temperatures contributed to East African drought. Extremely warm (FAR=1) Western V SST doubled the probability of drought, contributing to widespread food insecurity.

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Publication type	Article
Publication Subtype	Journal Article
Title	Examining the potential contributions of extreme 'Western V' sea surface temperatures to the 2017 MAMJ East African drought
Series title	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
DOI	10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0108.1
Volume	100
Issue	1
Year Published	2019
Language	English
Publisher	AMS
Contributing office(s)	Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center
Description	6 p.
First page	S111
Last page	S117
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