Disaggregation of Sahelian mesoscale convective system rain fields: Further developments and validation

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D24, 1999, Pages 31533-31551

  Guillot, Gilles ^a,b   Lebel, Thierry ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DOWNSCALING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL;

AFRICA; SAHEL;

EID: 0033611362     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999JD900986     Document Type: Article

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