West African monsoon dynamics and eastern equatorial Atlantic and Pacific SST anomalies (1970-88)

Journal of Climate

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1874-1882

  Janicot, Serge ^a   Harzallah, Ali ^b   Fontaine, Bernard ^c   Moron, Vincent ^d  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Monsoon; Sea surface temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MONSOON; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032453444     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442-11.8.1874     Document Type: Article

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