Effects of land use changes on climate in the Greater Horn of Africa

Vincent O. Otieno*, R. O. Anyah

Dept. of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA

Email: vincent.owanda@uconn.edu

Climate Research 52:77–95 (2012)

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Fig. S1. Mean seasonal precipitation (mm d−1) for RegCM4 and observations (GPCP and CRU datasets, see Section 2.2) during therainy seasons for (a) CRU JF, (b) GPCP JF, (c) RegCM4 JF, (d) CRU MAM, (e) GPCP MAM, (f) RegCM4 MAM (g) CRU JJA, (h) GPCP

JJA, (i) RegCM4 JJA, (j) CRU OND, (k) GPCP OND and (l) RegCM4 OND. CRU data are not available over the ocean

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Fig. S2. Simulated 1991−2000 wind vector and moisture flux divergence at 950 mb for (a) April, agriculture minus control, (b) April, forest minus control, (c) November, agriculture minus control, and (d) November, forest minus control

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Fig. S4. Relationship of net flux radiation (NRF), sensible heat flux (SHF), latent heat flux (LHF), long-wave cooling (LWC) and ground temperature (GTEMP). The relationships are for November differences between the control and forest runs