Relationships between rainfall over semi-arid southern Africa, geopotential heights, and sea surface temperatures

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-35

  Shinoda, Masato ^a   Kawamura, Ryuichi ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

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EID: 0040160061     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj1965.74.1_21     Document Type: Article

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