Analysis of convective activity and its relationship to the rainfall over the Rift Valley lakes of East Africa during 1983-90 using the meteosat infrared channel

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 37, Issue 10 PART II, 1998, Pages 1250-1264

  Ba, Mamoudou B ^a,b,c   Nicholson, Sharon E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0000182123     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<1250:aocaai>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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