"In this study, Ummenhofer also brings awareness to the warming of the Indian Ocean due to climate change, and how this will affect the weather patterns in countries surrounding this body of water.In 2016, L. Li, R. W. Schmitt, C. C. Ummenhofer, and K. B. Karnauskas published "North Atlantic Salinity as a Predictor of Sahel Rainfall" which predicted precipitation in the U.S. Southwest more accurately than conventional forecasting.