期刊名称：Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse
印刷版ISSN：1147-7806
电子版ISSN：1777-5922
出版年度：2012
卷号：23
期号：1
页码：3-13
DOI：10.1684/sec.2012.0335
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：Figures See all figures Authors Seyni Salack , Bertrand Muller , Amadou T. Gaye , Frédéric Hourdin , Ndiaga Cisse Université Cheikh Anta Diop Laboratoire de physique de l’atmosphère et de l’océan Siméon Fongang (LPAO-SF) Ecole supérieure Polytechnique (ESP) BP 5085 Dakar-Fann Dakar Sénégal, Centre régional pour l’amélioration de l’adaptation à la sécheresse (Ceraas) BP 3320 Thiès Escale Thiès Sénégal, Cirad AGAP F-34398 Montpellier France, Africa Rice Center Africa Rice Sahel Regional Station BP 96 Saint-Louis Sénégal, Laboratoire de météorologie dynamique du CNRS Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) Tour 45-55, 3 e étage BP 99 75252 Paris cedex 05 France Key words: dry spell, multi-scale distribution, Niger, rainfall variability, seasonality, Senegal, West African Sahel DOI : 10.1684/sec.2012.0335 Page(s) : 3-13 Published in: 2012 The intra-seasonal episodes of “rainless days” or dry spells are hazardous events for traditional rainfed agriculture in the West African Sahel. The objective of this study is to identify the seasonal and multi-site distribution of dry spells (DS), their seasonality and their implications in local rainfall variability. The results define a regional dry spell and show the prevalence of extreme dry spells after onset and before cessation of the rainy season. These types of dry spells mark the false start of the rainy season. Dry spells ≥15 days (in May-June-July) and 8-14 days (in August-September) are of low frequency of occurrence and correlated to rainfall deficits. Periods of these types of dry spells in Niger are similar to those found in the North Guinean regions of Senegal. Approximately a one-month lag is found between the Sahelian regions of the two countries. The years in which extreme dry spells were found to be coherent over at least one third of the observation network at onset and cessation of the rainy season are identified for Niger and the Sahel/Northern Guinean regions of Senegal. These results lead to a better understanding of the intraseasonal distribution of dry spells over the West African Sahel.
