Tropical-temperate links in southern African and Southwest Indian Ocean satellite-derived daily rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1601-1616

  Washington, Richard ^a   Todd, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily rainfall; Empirical orthogonal functions; Infrared; ISCCP; Satellite; Southern Africa; Southwest Indian Ocean; Tropical temperate links

Indexed keywords

RAINFALL; REMOTE SENSING; SUMMER;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033619587     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19991130)19:14<1601::AID-JOC407>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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