Large-scale climatic patterns forcing desert locust upsurges in West Africa

Climate Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Vallebona, Chiara ^a   Genesio, Lorenzo ^a   Crisci, Alfonso ^a   Pasqui, Massimiliano ^a   Di Vecchia, Andrea ^a   Maracchi, Giampiero ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

African easterly jet; Desert locust; West African climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN; WIND;

ADVECTION; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; JET; LOCUST; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 54849421116     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00744     Document Type: Article

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