Importance of the Indian Ocean for simulating rainfall anomalies over eastern and southern Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D16, 1999, Pages 19099-19116

  Goddard, Lisa ^a   Graham, Nicholas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033609587     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900326     Document Type: Article

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