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The possible role of local air pollution in climate change in West Africa [1]

The climate of West Africa is characterized by a sensitive monsoon system that is associated with marked natural precipitation variability. This region has been and is projected to be subject to substantial global and regional-scale changes including greenhouse-gas-induced warming and sea-level rise, land-use and land-cover change, and substantial biomass burning.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2015
Peter Knippertz [2], Mat J. Evans [3], Paul R. Field & et al [4]
Nature Climate Change [5]
5
815–822
Tags:
Air Pollution [6], Climate Change [7], Africa [8], Monsoons [9], Rainfall Pattern [10], Aerosols [11], Black Carbon [12], Global Warming [13], Atmosphere [14]
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