Abstract

Held is best known for modeling Hadley cells, which describe the properties of atmospheric circulation in Earth’s equatorial zone. His three decades of research have garnered him numerous awards, and in 2003, Held was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. His Inaugural Article, published in a recent issue of PNAS (1), deals specifically with projected climate change in Africa’s Sahel region, the transition zone between the Sahara desert and the rainforests of Central Africa and the Guinean Coast.

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