Inter-relationships between groundnut yield in Senegal, interannual rainfall variability and sea-surface temperatures

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 63, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 163-181

  Camberlin, Pierre ^a   Diop, Mbaye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; YIELD RESPONSE;

SENEGAL;

EID: 0032753753     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050101     Document Type: Article

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