The role of vegetation-climate interaction and interannual variability in shaping the African Savanna

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 2665-2670

  Zeng, N ^a   Neelin, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RAIN; VEGETATION;

AFRICAN SAVANNA; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION CLIMATE INTERACTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; SAVANNA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA;

EID: 0034253052     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2665:TROVCI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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