Squall lines and rainfall over Western Africa during summer 1986 and 87

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 215-224

  Gaye, A ^a   Viltard, A ^b   de Felice P ^b  

^a Centre International de Formation et de Recherche en Energie Solaire (CIFRES)   (Senegal)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DIGITAL IMAGE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 27744525950     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-005-0116-0     Document Type: Article

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