Long-term variations of circulation in the tropical Atlantic sector and Sahel rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 649-655

  Hastenrath, Stefan ^a   Polzin, Dierk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulation regimes; Climatic variability; Drought; Intertropical discontinuity; Sahel; Tropical Atlantic

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION REGIMES; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; INTERTROPICAL DISCONTINUITY; SAHEL; TROPICAL ATLANTIC;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DROUGHT; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS;

TROPICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WIND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 79951928394     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2116     Document Type: Article

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