Quantifying impact of Native Shrub Distribution on Deep Moisture Dynamics in the Sahel Under Variable Precipitation Regimes

Nathaniel Alexander Bogie1, Roger Bayala2, Ibrahima Diedhiou2, Richard Dick3 and Teamrat A Ghezzehei4, (1)San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, United States, (2)École Nationale Superieur d'Agriculture, University of Thiès, Thiès, Senegal, (3)The Ohio State University, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Columbus, OH, United States, (4)University of California, Merced, Merced, CA, United States