A possible linkage in the interdecadal variability of rainfall over North China and the Sahel

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 699-707

  Ren, Boahua ^a,b   Lu, Riyu ^b   Xiao, Ziniu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c Agriculture Department of Yunnan   (China)

Author keywords

Interdecadal variability; North China; Rainfall; The Sahel

Indexed keywords

EID: 5444260452     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02916367     Document Type: Article

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