Interannual variability in rainfall, water vapor flux, and vertical motion over West Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3827-3841

  Long, M ^a   Entekhabi, D ^a   Nicholson, S E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; GENERAL CIRCULATION; VERTICAL MOTION; WATER VAPOR FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; RAINFALL; VERTICAL MIGRATION; WATER VAPOR;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0034318947     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3827:IVIRWV>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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