1. HOW DO VARIATIONS IN PRECIPITATION AFFECT THOSE LIVING IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA?
Shane Tutass
Bethany Ritz
Amirah Sequeira
Christine Anderson
Sharilyn Phillips

2. GHA – Greater Horn of Africa
Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania
Complex Region
Geographic location puts region in a position to experience many climate variables.
Vulnerable agriculture
Third World
Conflict risk
Vulnerable b/c of location and lack of development, not a strong region to recover from extremes

3. Monsoons

4. Indian Ocean Dipole

5. Clausius-Clapeyron Relation

6. Evapotranspiration related to Temperature

7. Groundwater Map

11. Conclusions These variations have HUGE effects.
This area is extremely vulnerable.
This area is increasingly drying.
Increasingly important to predict onset and cessation of Kiremt and Belg rains.
Food and water scarcity.
Predictions save lives.