Do state-of-the-art CMIP5 ESMs accurately represent observed vegetation-rainfall feedbacks? Focus on the Sahel
Michael Notaro1, Fuyao Wang1, 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)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 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)ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
