Rainfall anomalies in the source region of the Nile and their connection with the Indian summer monsoon

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1380-1392

  Camberlin, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN SUMMER MONSOON; RAINFALL;

ETHIOPIA, NILE RIVER; SUDAN, NILE RIVER;

EID: 0031399796     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<1380:RAITSR>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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