Mesoscale water cycle within the West African Monsoon

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-50

  Peugeot, C ^a   Guichard, F ^a   Bock, O ^b   Bouniol, D ^a   Chong, M ^c   Boone, A ^a   Cappelaere, B ^a   Gosset, M ^c   Besson, L ^a   Lemaitre Y ^a   Seguis L ^a   Zannou, A ^d   Galle, S ^e   Redelsperger, J L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT GÉOGRAPHIQUE NATIONAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^d Direction Générale De l'Eau   (Benin)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Land surface; Mesoscale; Water budget; Water cycle

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; COUPLING; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; MONSOON; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; WATER BUDGET;

BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; NIGER [WEST AFRICA];

EID: 79952035145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.309     Document Type: Review

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