The relationship of the el MNO-southern oscillation to African rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 117-135

  Nicholson, Sharon E ^a   Kim, Jeeyoung ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; ENSO; Harmonic analysis; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000943119     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199702)17:2<117::AID-JOC84>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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