Intraseasonal precipitation variability on Kilimanjaro and the East African region and its relationship to the large-scale circulation

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 93, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 149-165

  Chan, R Y ^a,b   Vuille, Mathias ^a   Hardy, D R ^a   Bradley, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRADE WIND; TROPOSPHERE; WAVE PROPAGATION; WEATHER STATION; WIND DIRECTION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KILIMANJARO [TANZANIA]; MADAGASCAR; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 48449093916     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0338-9     Document Type: Article

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