Interannual and long-term climate variability over the Zaire River Basin during the last 30 years

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 21351-21360

  Kazadi, Sanga Ngoie ^a   Kaoru, Fukuyama ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; RAINFALL; SOLAR ANNUAL CYCLE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX;

ZAIRE, ZAIRE RIVER BASIN;

EID: 3743097140     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01869     Document Type: Article

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