Abstract
Although in the framework of the global climate research the Mediterranean climate variability and the West African Monsoon (WAM) dynamics have been considered for a long time as “passive” systems, i.e., prone to the influence of large scale ocean and atmospheric variability, over the last decade many studies have been dedicated to the WAM-Mediterranean interaction and the active role of these climate systems has been highlighted. This article presents the WAM-Mediterranean teleconnection through an overview of the recent literature, describing the observational evidences and the dynamical mechanisms underlying this climate teleconnection. The influence of the Mediterranean Sea thermal anomalies on the WAM dynamics has been robustly demonstrated, and a WAM modulation of the atmospheric circulation over the Euro-Atlantic sector has been highlighted. On the other hand, the direct effects of the WAM dynamics on the Mediterranean climate still need to be more clearly understood.
Highlights
In the framework of the global climate research, the Mediterranean climate variability and the West African Monsoon dynamics (WAM) are mostly considered as “passive” systems, prone to the influence of large scale ocean and atmospheric variability
This paper presents an overview of the WAM-Mediterranean teleconnection on the basis of some results recently published in the literature
The authors demonstrated the statistical association between the observed Euro‐Atlantic circulation and the WAM variability, with anomalies of reinforced convection in the Sudan‐Sahel region related to positive North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) phases and subsidence over eastern Mediterranean
Summary
In the framework of the global climate research, the Mediterranean climate variability and the West African Monsoon dynamics (WAM) are mostly considered as “passive” systems, prone to the influence of large scale ocean and atmospheric variability. Física de la Tierra, Vol 25, 41-55.
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