Diurnal variations of rainfall over Niger in the West African Sahel: A comparison between wet and drought years

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-94

  Shinoda, Masato ^a,c   Okatani, Takashi ^b   Saloum, Mahaman ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Dir de la Meteorologie Nationale ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Drought; Hourly rainfall; Niger; Sahel; Squall line

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; MESOSCALE EDDY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; NIGER;

EID: 0033044066     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199901)19:1<81::AID-JOC350>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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