Pre-rainy season moisture build-up and storm precipitation delivery in the West African Sahel

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 937-946

  Omotosho, J Bayo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Moisture build up; Sahelian rainfall; Storms and precipitation delivery

Indexed keywords

CURING; MOISTURE; STORMS;

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET (AEJ); DAILY RAINFALL; NIGERIAN; PRECIPITATION (METALLOGRAPHY); RADIOSONDE DATA; RAINY SEASONS; STORM PRECIPITATION;

DRYING;

JET; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOSONDE; RAINFALL; TROPOSPHERE;

AFRICA; KANO [NIGERIA]; NIGERIA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 47049093256     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1548     Document Type: Article

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