Interactions between the land surface and mesoscale rainfall variability during HAPEX-Sahel

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 125, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2211-2227

  Taylor, Christopher M ^a   Saïd, Frédérique ^b   Lebel, Thierry ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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EID: 0001674685     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1997)125<2211:IBTLSA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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