Interannual, monthly, and regional variability in the Wet season diurnal cycle of precipitation in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2441-2453

  Mohr, Karen I ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SATELLITES; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; DISCRIMINATION ALGORITHMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; WET SEASON;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3242687176     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<2441:IMARVI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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