Feedbacks on convection from an African wetland

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Taylor, Christopher M ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convective systems; land atmosphere interactions; Sahel

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RAIN; STORMS;

CLIMATIC IMPACT; CONVECTIVE STORMS; CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS; LAND ATMOSPHERE INTERACTION; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; SAHEL; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THERMAL INFRA RED;

WETLANDS;

EID: 77956194975     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041652     Document Type: Article

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