West African Monsoon

Model 1 Forcing and Reference Run Comparison


Precipitation

 
Figure 22a Figure 22b Figure 22c
Total precipitation temporal mean for the WAM region.  Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal mean for the WAM region.  Reference run. Difference between precipitation forcing run and reference run means.
     
Figure 22d Figure 22e Figure 22f
Total precipitation temporal mean seasonal cycle for the WAM region.  (Uses longitudinal mean). Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal mean seasonal cycle for the WAM region.  (Uses longitudinal mean). Reference run. WAM precipitation seasonal cycle difference between forcing run and reference run.
     
Figure 23a Figure 23b  
 
Total precipitation temporal variance for the WAM region.  Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal variance for the WAM region.  Reference run.  
     
Figure 23c Figure 23d  
 
Total precipitation temporal variance seasonal cycle for the WAM region. (Uses longitudinal mean). Forcing run. Total precipitation temporal variance seasonal cycle for the WAM region. (Uses longitudinal mean). Reference run.  
     
     
 
Precipitation and black carbon variance with seasonal cycle removed.  Precipitation is shaded and is in units of mm2/day2.   BC is contour lines in units of g2/m4.  BC is divided by 20000. Precipitation variance seasonal cycle with seasonal cycle removed in units of mm2/day2.  Forcing run.  
     
   

 

Black Carbon

Figure 24a Figure 24b Figure 24c
Black carbon temporal mean for the WAM region.  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal mean for the WAM region.  Reference run. Difference between forcing run and reference run means.
     
Figure 24d Figure 24e Figure 24f
Black carbon temporal mean seasonal cycle for the WAM region.  (Uses longitudinal mean).  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal mean seasonal cycle for the WAM region.  (Uses longitudinal mean).  Reference run. Seasonal cycle of difference between bc forcing run and reference run.
     
Figure 25a Figure 25b  
 
Black carbon temporal variance for the WAM region.  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal variance for the WAM region.  Reference run.  
     
Figure 25c Figure 25d  
Black carbon temporal variance seasonal cycle for the WAM region. (Uses longitudinal mean).  Forcing run. Black carbon temporal variance seasonal cycle for the WAM region. (Uses longitudinal mean).  Reference run. Black carbon variance seasonal cycle with seasonal cycle removed.  Units are g2/m4.