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[ACG34-08] On the predictability of the extreme drought in East Africa
キーワード:極端な干ばつ、東アフリカ、予測可能性
Many parts of East Africa experienced extremely dry conditions during the short rains season of October–November 2021. It was predicted a few months before by the ensemble seasonal prediction system based on the SINTEX-F climate model. The analysis of co-variability of inter-member anomalies has revealed that the 2021 negative Indian Ocean Dipole is responsible to these unusually dry conditions over East Africa. We also showed that a hybrid statistical-dynamical framework is more skillful than the SINTEX-F model at predicting drought in East Africa on longer lead time, which may help people to take necessary mitigation measures to reduce the devastating impact of the drought.