Coupled land/atmosphere interactions in the West African Monsoon

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1503-1506

  Grodsky, S A ^a   Carton, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; SATELLITES; WIND;

SURFACE WIND OBSERVATIONS;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; MONSOON; RAINFALL;

AFRICA;

EID: 0035870399     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012601     Document Type: Article

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