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There are several questions concerning the meteorology of the Congo Basin that require further study. Examples are the reasons for the low spatial coherence of rainfall variability, the reasons for the drier atmospheric conditions compared to the Amazon and other equatorial regions, the inter‐relationships between large‐scale factors such as the Walker Circulation and more local factors such as orographic circulations, and the reasons why different factors appear to control the intensity of storms versus the rainfall produced.

Concern about climate change and its impact on the Congo rain forest has already been raised, in light of a decline in forest productivity (Zhou et al., 2014). Analyses presented in this paper indicate a long‐term decline in rainfall that could be linked to global climate change. Hence, better projections of future climate would be desirable. Unfortunately, projections made by climate models cannot yet be used with confidence (Creese et al., 2019, Crowhurst et al., 2020). A better understanding of the meteorological processes controlling rainfall and convection over the Congo Basin could contribute towards improving these models.