Impact of sea surface temperature anomalies on the Atlantic tropical storm activity and West African rainfall

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 3477-3496

  Mo, K ^a   Bell, G D ^a   Thiaw, W M ^a  

^a CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; STORMS; TEMPERATURE SCALES; TROPICS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

WIND EFFECTS;

HURRICANE; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

(WEST); AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0035891814     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3477:IOSSTA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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