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September 28, 2025Open Access

Intraseasonal modulation of Sea Surface Temperatures in the North Tropical Atlantic by African Easterly Waves

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Analysis reveals that African easterly waves significantly influence sea surface temperature, impacting regional precipitation and cyclone activity.

AEWs are shown to cause significant temperature fluctuations in sea surface temperatures, with anomalies exceeding ±0.5 °C.
Heat budget analysis indicates that AEWs mainly affect sea surface temperature through changes in latent heat flux and shortwave radiation.
The dominant short-term AEWs 3–5 days are found to have a stronger impact on sea surface temperatures than longer 6–9 day waves.
Accurate representation of AEWs is crucial in coupled climate models to better understand their influence on upper-ocean dynamics.

Mendy et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Analysis reveals that African easterly waves significantly influence sea surface temperature, impacting regional precipitation and cyclone activity.