Enhanced tropical storm activity during the African Humid Period induced by Sahara greening and reduced dust emissions

Francesco S.R. Pausata1, Kerry Emanuel2, Qiong Zhang3, Marc Chiacchio4, Gulilat Tefera Diro5, Laxmi Sushama5, Jay C Stager6 and Jeffrey P Donnelly7, (1)University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States, (3)Stockholm University, Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm, Sweden, (4)Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, (5)University of Quebec at Montreal UQAM, Montreal, QC, Canada, (6)Paul Smiths College, Paul Smiths, NY, United States, (7)WHOI, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, United States