Intraseasonal variability in the equatorial Atlantic-West Africa during March-June

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-471

  Gu, Guojun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Tropical Atlantic West Africa; Tropical convection and precipitation; Tropical intraseasonal oscillations

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 58849098056     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0428-0     Document Type: Article

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