Rainfall in the Sahel during 1994

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1673-1676

  Nicholson, S E ^a   Ba, M B ^a   Kim, J Y ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001575643     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1673:RITSD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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