Seasonal evolution of correlations between rainfall in Guinean Africa and sea surface temperatures (1945-1994);Évolution saisonnière des corrélations entre précipitations en Afrique guinéenne et températures de surface de la mer (1945-1994)

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie de Sciences - Serie IIa: Sciences de la Terre et des Planetes

Volumn 324, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 785-792

  Janicot, Serge ^a   Fontaine, Bernard ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

African rainfall; Inter decadal variability; Principal component analysis; Sea surface temperatures

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONALITY;

AFRICA, (WEST);

EID: 0030723259     PISSN: 12518050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1251-8050(97)82512-8     Document Type: Article

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