Climate research and seasonal forecasting for West Africans

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1741-1759

  Tarhule, Aondover ^a   Lamb, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LIVESTOCK; RURAL TO URBAN POPULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0742286685     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-12-1741     Document Type: Article

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