Sudan-Sahel rainfall onset: Definition of an objectives index, types of years, and experimental hindcasts

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Fontaine, Bernard ^a   Louvet, Samuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; HINDCASTING; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; ZONAL WIND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SAHEL [ERITREA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SUDAN;

EID: 33845635163     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD007019     Document Type: Article

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