Effects of land use changes on climate in the Greater Horn of Africa
Vincent O. Otieno*, R. O. Anyah
Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA
Email: [email protected]
Climate Research 52:77–95 (2012)
The following supplement accompanies the article
Supplement. Additional figures
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Fig. S1. Mean seasonal precipitation (mm d−1) for RegCM4 and observations (GPCP and CRU datasets, see Section 2.2) during therainy seasons for (a) CRU JF, (b) GPCP JF, (c) RegCM4 JF, (d) CRU MAM, (e) GPCP MAM, (f) RegCM4 MAM (g) CRU JJA, (h) GPCP
JJA, (i) RegCM4 JJA, (j) CRU OND, (k) GPCP OND and (l) RegCM4 OND. CRU data are not available over the ocean
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Fig. S1 (continued)
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Fig. S2. Simulated 1991−2000 wind vector and moisture flux divergence at 950 mb for (a) April, agriculture minus control, (b) April, forest minus control, (c) November, agriculture minus control, and (d) November, forest minus control
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NRF_fstcntrl
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Fig. S4. Relationship of net flux radiation (NRF), sensible heat flux (SHF), latent heat flux (LHF), long-wave cooling (LWC) and ground temperature (GTEMP). The relationships are for November differences between the control and forest runs