Impacts of the seasonal distribution of rainfall on vegetation productivity across the Sahel

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Acknowledgements. This study is jointly supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement (project BICSA number 656564); the China Scholarship Council (CSC, 201506190076); the Danish Council for Independent Research (DFF) project “Greening of drylands: Towards understanding ecosystem functioning changes, drivers and impacts on livelihoods”; and the Chinese National Science and Technology Major Project (03-Y20A04-9001-15/16). Also, we would like to thank the associate editor, Jochen Schöngart; the reviewer, M. Marshall; and the anonymous reviewer for providing detailed comments and constructive suggestions.