The relationship between Indian Ocean sea-surface temperature and East African rainfall

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 363, Issue 1826, 2005, Pages 43-47

  Black, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; ENSO; Indian Ocean; Indian Ocean Dipole; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244253049     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2004.1474     Document Type: Article

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