Remote forcing of east African rainfall and relationships with fluctuations in levels of lake Victoria

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-89

  Mistry, Vinay V ^b   Conway, Declan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

East Africa; ENSO; EOF analysis; Lake Victoria; NAO; NCAR NCEP reanalysis; Rainfall; Tropical circulation; Velocity potential

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LAKES; TROPICS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATOLOGICAL VARIABLES;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; LAKE LEVEL; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WALKER CIRCULATION;

(EAST); AFRICA; LAKE VICTORIA;

EID: 0347928644     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.861     Document Type: Article

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