Comparison of rainfall structures between NCEP/NCAR reanalyses and observed data over tropical Africa

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 897-915

  Poccard, I ^a   Janicot, S ^b   Camberlin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033724968     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820000087     Document Type: Article

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