Rainfall variability in West Africa during the years 1950-90

Journal of Climate

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 187-202

  Le Barbé, Luc ^a   Lebel, Thierry ^a   Tapsoba, Dominique ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; RAIN; WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN GAUGES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL CYCLE; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINGAUGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0037079748     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2002)015<0187:RVIWAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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