Guinea GULF SST and Mediterranean summer climate: Analysis of the interannual variability

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 4167-4187

  Baldi, Marina ^a,b   Meneguzzo, Francesco ^a   Dalu, Giovanni A ^a   Maracchi, Giampiero ^a   Pasqui, Massimiliano ^a   Capecchi, Valerio ^a   Crisci, Alfonso ^a   Piani, Francesco ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORMS; THERMODYNAMICS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GULF OF GUINEA; MONSOON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 2442587468     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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