Relationships between QBO in the lower equatorial stratospheric zonal winds and East African seasonal rainfall

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 227-244

  Indeje, M ^a   Semazzi, Fredrick H M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034382630     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007030050075     Document Type: Article

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