Interannual variability in rainfall, water vapour flux, and vertical motion over West Africa

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 252, 1998, Pages 27-33

  Long, Marybeth ^a   Entekhabi, Dara ^a   Nicholson, Sharon E ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FLOW PATTERNS; FUNCTIONS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VAPORS; WIND;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS (EOF);

RAIN;

CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032443655     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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