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Modelling the impacts of deforestation on monsoon rainfall in West Africa

  • Abiodun B
  • Pal J
  • Afiesimama E
  • et al.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (2010) 13 012008
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012008
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The study found that deforestation causes more monsoon moisture to be retained in the mid-troposphere, thereby reducing the northward transport of moisture needed for rainfall over West Africa. Hence, deforestation has dynamical impacts on the West African monsoon and rainfall.

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Abiodun, B. J., Pal, J. S., Afiesimama, E. A., Gutowski, W. J., & Adedoyin, A. (2010). Modelling the impacts of deforestation on monsoon rainfall in West Africa. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 13, 012008. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/13/1/012008

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