Interannual and decadal SST-forced responses of the West African monsoonRodriguez-FonsecaB.auteurautJanicotSergeauteurautIRDMohinoE.auteurautLosadaT.auteurautBaderJ.auteurautCaminadeC.auteurautChauvinF.auteurautFontaineB.auteurautGarcia-SerranoJ.auteurautGervoisS.auteurautJolyM.auteurautPoloI.auteurautRutiP.auteurautRoucouP.auteurautVoldoireA.auteurauttextjournalArticletext/pdfborn digitalaccessWe review the studies carried out during the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA)-EU on the changes of interannual sea surface temperature (SST)-West African monsoon (WAM) covariability at multidecadal timescales, together with the influence of global warming (GW). The results obtained in the AMMA-EU suggest the importance of the background state, modulated by natural and anthropogenic variability, in the appearance of different interannual modes. The lack of reliability of current coupled models in giving a realistic assessment for WAM in the future is also stated.specializedAfrican Monsoondecadal variabilityinterannual variabilitySahelianrainfallSST forced response032 062 Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) : an integrated project for understanding of the West African climate system and its human dimensionAtmospheric Science Letters121677420111530-261Xhttp://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:01005319110.1002/asl.308IRD BondyF B010053191http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053191http://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2011/03/010053191.pdfAccès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD)IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes2011-04-072011-04-13fdi:010053191fre