Precipitation sensitivity to regional SST in a regional climate simulation during the West African monsoon for two dry years

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 22, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 249-266

  Messager, C ^a   Gallee H ^a   Brasseur, O ^b  

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

^b Cellule Interregionale Environnement   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA;

EID: 2142648811     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-003-0381-x     Document Type: Article

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