Monsoons and the dynamics of deserts

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 122, Issue 534, 1996, Pages 1385-1404

  Rodwell, Mark J ^a   Hoskins, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Desertification; Monsoon flow; Paleolakes; Rossby waves; Sahara

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC DESCENT; DESERT DYNAMICS; DESERTIFICATION; HADLEY CIRCULATION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE;

EID: 0030425359     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53407     Document Type: Article

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