Salinity and Rainfall Data (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Salinity and Rainfall Data

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Through analysis of sixty years of global salinity and rainfall data, WHOI researchers were able to establish a significant correlation between high springtime salinity levels in the northeastern portion of the subtropical Atlantic and increased monsoon-season rainfall in the African Sahel.

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(Figure courtesy of Li, <i>et al</i>)

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