The impact of Mediterranean SSTs on the Sahelian rainfall season

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 849-862

  Rowell, David P ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; RAIN; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER;

AFRICA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAHEL;

EID: 0141564837     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<0849:TIOMSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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