West Africa refers to the region between 17.5°W
(eastern Atlantic coast) and ~15°E (along the western
border of Chad) and north of the equator (near
Guinean coast) to about 20°N. It is divided into two
climatically distinct subregions; the semiarid Sahel
region (north of about 12°N) and the relatively wet
Coast of Guinea region to the south.
Revised: September 19, 2017 |
Published: September 6, 2017
Citation
Hagos S.M., J.A. Ijampy, F. Sima, S. Francis, and Z. Feng. 2017.West Africa [in State of the Climate in 2016].Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 98, no. 8:S193-S195.PNNL-SA-128495.doi:10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1