The impact of vegetation cover on Sahelian drought persistence

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 307-321

  De Ridder, Koen ^a,b  

^a Inst d'Astron Geophysique G L   (Belgium)

^b FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Drought; Modeling; Precipitation (atmospheric); Sahel; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MODELING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032461953     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1001106728514     Document Type: Article

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