On the water and energy cycles in the Tropics

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 342, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 390-402

  Roca, Rémy ^a   Bergès, Jean Claude ^d   Brogniez, Hélène ^c   Capderou, Michel ^b   Chambon, Philippe ^b   Chomette, Olivier ^b   Cloché, Sophie ^b   Fiolleau, Thomas ^b   Jobard, Isabelle ^b   Lémond, Julien ^a   Ly, Mohamed ^a,e   Picon, Laurence ^a   Raberanto, Patrick ^b   Szantai, André ^a   Viollier, Michel ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE MÉTÉOROLOGIE DYNAMIQUE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

Author keywords

Energy; Satellite; Tropics; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MONSOON; RADIATION BUDGET; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

AFRICA;

EID: 77951620665     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2010.01.003     Document Type: Article

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