A diagnostic study of the eastern Africa monsoon circulation during the Northern Hemisphere spring season

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 143-168

  Okoola, Raphael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Composite analysis; Cross section analysis; Equatorial eastern Africa; Monsoon circulation; Principal component analysis; Tropical tropospheric winds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MONSOON; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032942687     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199902)19:2<143::AID-JOC342>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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