East African rainfall and the tropical circulation/convection on intraseasonal to interannual timescales

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2000, Pages 3915-3939

  Mutai, C C ^a   Ward, M N ^a  

^a KENYA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TELECONNECTION;

(EAST); AFRICA;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RAIN; STORMS; WIND;

EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; OUTGOING LONGWAVE RADIATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0034484826     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3915:EARATT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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