Precipitation dynamics in Ecuador and northern Peru during the 1991/92 El Nino: A remote sensing perspective

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 533-548

  Bendix, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVECTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REMOTE SENSING; SEA BREEZE;

ECUADOR; PERU;

EID: 0034652017     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014311600210731     Document Type: Article

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