An investigation of the relationship between sub‐Saharan rainfall and global sea surface temperatures

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• Present affiliation: University of Maryland, Department of Meteorology, College Park, MD 20742.
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• Present affiliation: Florida State University, Department of Meteorology, Tallahassee, FL 32306.
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