Upper air characteristics of wet and dry days in tropical West Africa during the rainy season

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 252, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Taleb, EL Houssein ^a   Decleir, Hugo ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; TROPICS; WIND;

MERIDIONAL WIND; ZONAL WIND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032412855     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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