A comparison of Indian and African monsoon variability at different time scales

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 341, Issue 8-9, 2009, Pages 575-590

  Janicot, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Climate change; India; Interannual variability; Intraseasonal variability; Monsoon systems; Predictability

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70350045263     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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