Impact of South Pacific circulation variability on east African rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-521

  McHugh, Maurice J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; East Africa; El Ni o; Interannual variability; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; RAIN;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RAINFALL VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; EL NINO; RAINFALL;

EID: 33645470188     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1257     Document Type: Article

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