Climate and water cycle in the tropical zone: A problem of scale;Climat et cycle de l'eau en zone tropicale: Un problème d'échelle

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 337, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-38

  Lebel, Thierry ^a   Vischel, Théo ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Disaggregation; Drought; Feedbacks; Monsoon; Tropical regions; Water cycle; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 11944250759     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2004.08.011     Document Type: Article

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