Reassessing the impact of North Atlantic Oscillation on the sub-Saharan vegetation productivity

Global Change Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 493-499

  Wang, Guiling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; NDVI; North Atlantic Oscillation; Precipitation; Sahel; Vegetation productivity

Indexed keywords

NDVI; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037967035     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2486.2003.00603.x     Document Type: Article

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