A note on long-term variations of the African easterly jet

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2049-2054

  Dezfuli, Amin K ^a   Nicholson, Sharon E ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African easterly jet; African meteorology; Sahel rainfall

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN EASTERLY JET; AFRICAN METEOROLOGY; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; INERTIAL INSTABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; INTERDECADAL; LONG-TERM VARIATIONS; MEAN INTENSITY; SAHEL RAINFALL; TIME-SCALES; TWO-COMPONENT; ZONAL ASYMMETRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; JET; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RAINFALL; TIMESCALE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 80054900778     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2209     Document Type: Article

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