Abrupt shift of the ITCZ over West Africa and intra-seasonal variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 3353-3356

  Sultan, B ^a   Janicot, S ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; SEASONALITY;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; RAIN; STORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; INTRA-SEASONAL VARIABILITIES; MONSOON DEPRESSIONS; MONSOON SYSTEM; QUASI-STATIONARY; RAINFALL DATA; WEST AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); INTRASEASONAL VARIABILITY; MONSOONS;

EID: 0034353033     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011285     Document Type: Article

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