Modification of the southern African rainfall variability/ENSO relationship since the late 1960s

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 883-895

  Richard, Y ^a   Trzaska, S ^a   Roucou, P ^a   Rouault, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

(SOUTH); AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033679804     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820000086     Document Type: Article

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