Intra-seasonal modulation of convection in the West African monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 523-526

  Janicot, Janicot ^b   Sultan, Benjamin ^a,c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; STORMS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; WIND EFFECTS;

INTRA-SEASONAL MODULATION;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0034744810     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012424     Document Type: Article

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