Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on East African rainfall. I: Intraseasonal variability and regional dependency

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 621, 2006, Pages 2521-2539

  Pohl, Benjamin ^a   Camberlin, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Convective rainfall; Long rains; Short rains; Wet spells

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONVECTION; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; INTRASEASONAL WET EVENTS; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; STRATIFORM RAINFALL;

RAIN;

MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846866450     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.104     Document Type: Article

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