Evaluating CMIP5 Models' Representation of Oceanic Drivers of North African Climate

Michael Notaro1, Fuyao Wang2, Yan Yu2, Jiafu Mao3, Xiaoying Shi4 and Yaxing Wei5, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (3)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (4)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division and Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, (5)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States