Sea surface temperature fields associated with West African rainfall anomaly types

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2935-2940

  Fontaine, Bernard ^a   Janicot, Serge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL ANOMALY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA, (WEST); AFRICA, SAHEL;

EID: 0030394573     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<2935:SSTFAW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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