A hydrological onset and withdrawal index for the West African monsoon

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 179-189

  Dalu, G A ^a,b   Gaetani, M ^a   Baldi, M ^a,b  

^a Institute of Biometeorology   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MONSOON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ERITREA; SAHEL [ERITREA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 64749099423     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0022-8     Document Type: Article

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