Rainfall and the 6-9 day wave-like disturbance in West-Africa during summer 1989

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 229-234

  Viltard, A ^a   Oubuih, J ^a   De Felice, P ^a   Laurent, H ^b,c  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b Institut Francais de Recherche Scientifique pour le Developpement en Cooperation

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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EID: 22044455106     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01026635     Document Type: Article

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