Articles | Volume 4, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-229-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-4-229-2023
Research article
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22 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 22 Mar 2023

Effects on early monsoon rainfall in West Africa due to recent deforestation in a convection-permitting ensemble

Julia Crook, Cornelia Klein, Sonja Folwell, Christopher M. Taylor, Douglas J. Parker, Adama Bamba, and Kouakou Kouadio

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on wcd-2022-49', Anonymous Referee #1, 17 Sep 2022
    • AC1: 'Comment on wcd-2022-49', Julia Crook, 02 Nov 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on wcd-2022-49', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Sep 2022
    • AC1: 'Comment on wcd-2022-49', Julia Crook, 02 Nov 2022
  • AC1: 'Comment on wcd-2022-49', Julia Crook, 02 Nov 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision | EF: Editorial file upload
AR by Julia Crook on behalf of the Authors (28 Nov 2022)  Author's response   Author's tracked changes   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Dec 2022) by Sebastian Schemm
RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (02 Jan 2023)
RR by Raphael Portmann (12 Jan 2023)
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (13 Jan 2023) by Sebastian Schemm
AR by Julia Crook on behalf of the Authors (08 Feb 2023)  Author's response   Manuscript 
EF by Sarah Buchmann (10 Feb 2023)  Author's tracked changes 
ED: Publish as is (17 Feb 2023) by Sebastian Schemm
AR by Julia Crook on behalf of the Authors (27 Feb 2023)
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Short summary
We estimate recent deforestation in West Africa and use a climate model allowing explicit convection to determine impacts on early season rainfall. We find enhanced rainfall over deforestation, in line with recent observational results, due to changes in circulation rather than humidity, showing potential for future studies. Local changes depend on initial soil moisture, deforestation extent, and ocean proximity, with sea breezes shifting inland where surface friction decreased.