Robust Sahel drying in response to late 20th century forcings

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Biasutti, Michela ^a   Giannini, Alessandra ^b  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RAIN;

ATLANTIC INTER-TROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE (ITCZ); INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE (IPCC); SAHEL CLIMATE;

DROUGHT;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE FORCING; DROUGHT; GREENHOUSE GAS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746384045     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026067     Document Type: Article

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