ENSO signals in East African rainfall seasons

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作者
Indeje, M
Semazzi, FHM
Ogallo, LJ
机构
[1] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Marine Earth & Atmospher Sci, Raleigh, NC 27607 USA
[2] Univ Nairobi, Dept Meteorol, Nairobi, Kenya
关键词
Eastern Africa; empirical orthogonal function; ENSO; rainfall anomalies; seasonality;
D O I
10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(200001)20:1<19::AID-JOC449>3.0.CO;2-0
中图分类号
P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
学科分类号
0706 ; 070601 ;
摘要
The evolutions of ENSO modes in the seasonal rainfall patterns over East Africa are examined in this study. The study covers the period 1961-1990. Both rotated empirical orthogonal function (EOF) and simple correlation analyses were used to delineate a network of 136 stations over East Africa into homogeneous rainfall regions in order to derive rainfall indices. Time series generated from the delineated regions were later used in the rainfall/ENSO analyses. Such analyses involved the development of composite rainfall map patterns for El Nino and post-ENSO (fl) years in order to investigate the associations between seasonal evolution of El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) signals and the space-time evolution of rainfall anomalies over the region. Analyses based on both EOF and simple correlation techniques yielded eight homogeneous rainfall regions over East Africa. The results showed unique seasonal evolution patterns in rainfall during the different phases of the ENSO cycles. East African rainfall performance characteristics were stratified to identify distinct rainfall anomaly patterns associated with ENSO and post-ENSO (+ 1) years. These can be applied in conjunction with skilful long lead (up to 12 months) ENSO prediction to provide guidance on likely patterns of seasonal rainfall anomalies over the region. Such information can be crucial for early warning of socio-economic disasters associated with extreme rainfall anomalies over East Africa. Copyright (C) 2000 Royal Meteorological Society.
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