Variability in boundary layer structure during HAPEX-Sahel wet-dry season transition

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 188-189, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 965-997

  Wai, M M K ^a   Smith, E A ^a   Bessemoulin, P ^b   Culf, A D ^c   Dolman, A J ^d   Lebel, T ^e  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Grp Meteorologie de Moyenne Echelle   (France)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; DRY SEASON; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HAPEX-SAHEL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; RAINFALL; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WET SEASON;

AFRICA, SAHEL;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

BOUNDARY LAYER STRUCTURE; HYDROLOGIC ATMOSPHERIC PILOT EXPERIMENT;

HYDROLOGY;

EID: 0030615639     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03179-4     Document Type: Article

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