Impacts of the Sahel-Sahara Interface Reforestation on West African Climate: Intraseasonal Variability and Extreme Precipitation Events

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/3262451/figures/3262451.fig.0016a.svgz" name="3262451.fig.0016a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>RegCM4 JJAS CDD</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/3262451/figures/3262451.fig.0016b.svgz" name="3262451.fig.0016b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>RegCM4_REFORESTATION JJAS CDD</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/amete/volume-2016/3262451/figures/3262451.fig.0016c.svgz" name="3262451.fig.0016c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>RegCM4_REFORESTATION – RegCM4 JJAS CDD</td></tr></table>

<div>Maximum length of the consecutive dry days (CDD) for both runs and their difference averaged from 2003 to 2009.</div>

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Figure 16: Impacts of the Sahel-Sahara Interface Reforestation on West African Climate: Intraseasonal Variability and Extreme Precipitation Events 