Impact of Atlantic multidecadal oscillations on India/Sahel rainfall and Atlantic hurricanes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Zhang, Rong ^a   Delworth, Thomas L ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HURRICANES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; WIND POWER;

ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS; MULTIDECADAL VARIATIONS; SUMMER RAINFALL; WIND SHEAR CHANGES;

OSCILLATIONS;

HURRICANE; OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; INDIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SOUTH ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845622400     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL026267     Document Type: Article

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