Spatio-temporal variability of seasonal rainfall in western equatorial Africa

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-69

  Dezfuli, Amin K ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; REGIONALIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 79955060973     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0321-8     Document Type: Article

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