Summer Sahel-ENSO teleconnection and decadal time scale SST variations

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 303-320

  Janicot, S ^a   Trzaska, S ^b   Poccard, I ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECADAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035672529     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003820100172     Document Type: Article

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