Intraseasonal variability over tropical Africa during Northern summer

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2427-2440

  Matthews, Adrian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SATELLITES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CYCLONIC SHEARS; PREDICTABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTION; EASTERLY WAVE; KELVIN WAVE; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WARM POOL;

AFRICA;

EID: 3042745219     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2427:IVOTAD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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