Tropical monsoons around Africa: Stability of El Niño-Southern Oscillation associations and links with continental climate

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Jury, Mark R ^a   Enfield, David B ^b   Mélice, Jean Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

African climate; Indian Ocean; Monsoon; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; ZONAL WIND;

(TROPICAL); AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037110397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000jc000507     Document Type: Article

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