Empirical predictability study of October-December East African rainfall

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 585 PART A, 2002, Pages 2239-2256

  Philippon, N ^a   Camberlin, P ^a   Fauchereau, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Indian Ocean east west circulation; Monsoon dynamics; Rainfall forecasting scheme; Short rains; Tropical extratropical interactions

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; RAIN;

EQUATORIAL BANDS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; MONSOON; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA;

EID: 0036773987     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.01.190     Document Type: Article

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