Sources of moisture for rainfall in west Africa

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3115-3121

  Gong, Cuiling ^a   Eltahir, Elfatih ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CENTRAL AFRICA; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; MODEL; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION; RECYCLING;

EVAPORATION; MOISTURE BUDGET; PRECIPITATION RECYCLING;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0029863795     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01940     Document Type: Article

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