Changes in the African monsoon region at medium-term time horizon using 12 AR4 coupled models under the A1b emissions scenario

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-88

  Fontaine, Bernard ^a   Roucou, Pascal ^a   Monerie, Paul Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Climate change; Precipitation; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE; COUPLING; MOISTURE FLUX; MONSOON; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TREND ANALYSIS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79952018842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.321     Document Type: Article

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