Reassessment of the moisture source over the Sahara Desert based on NASA reanalysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D2, 1999, Pages 2015-2030

  Shay El, Y ^a   Alpert, P ^a   Da Silva, A ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESERT; HYDROLOGY; MODELING; MOISTURE; WATER BUDGET;

AFRICA; SAHARA DESERT;

EID: 0033608148     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200003     Document Type: Article

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