1 Erratum to: Meteorol Atmos Phys (2010) 109:47–59 DOI 10.1007/s00703-010-0088-6

The online version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. On page 56 (left column, lines 3 and 4 of the text), minus signs appeared for the rates of warming of air during the daytime and nighttime for El Gedaref. The corresponding rates should be 0.28°C decade−1 and 0.18°C decade−1.