Teleconnections between the tropical Pacific and the Sahel

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 575, 2001, Pages 1683-1706

  Rowell, D P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate modelling; ENSO; Equatorial waves; Sahel; SST gradient; Tropical teleconnection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AFRICA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035390252     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57511     Document Type: Article

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