The 1983 drought in the West Sahel: A case study

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 463-472

  Bader, Jürgen ^a,b   Latif, Mojib ^c  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drought; Indian Ocean; Rainfall; Sahel; SST

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

INDIAN OCEAN; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 79551590237     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0700-y     Document Type: Article

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