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We analyze the effects of deforestation and the projected differential sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies between the Tropical North Atlantic and the Eastern North Pacific on the Mid-Summer Drought (MSD) over southern Mexico and Central America. Our results indicate that projected SST patterns cause the MSD signal to almost disappear from the regional mean annual cycle. In the deforestation experiment, the MSD intensity increases along the Pacific coast and Central America.

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We consider that this paper provides valuable information regarding the effects of deforestation and of the projected differential sea surface temperature anomalies between the Tropical North Atlantic and the Eastern North Pacific on the Mid-Summer Drought over the Southern Mexico and Central America region.

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I hope this article provides valuable information regarding the effects of deforestation and the projected differential sea surface temperature anomalies between the Tropical North Atlantic and the Eastern North Pacific on the Mid-Summer Drought over southern Mexico and Central America. I believe our results and future simulations at convection-permitting resolutions could help improving the understanding of the MSD behavior in this region.

Arturo Corrales Suastegui
Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias

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This page is a summary of: The effect of sea surface temperature and deforestation on the m id‐summer drought over Mexico and Central America, International Journal of Climatology, May 2022, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/joc.7671.
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