Overview of the West African Monsoon 2011

Weather

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 59-65

  Cornforth, Rosalind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afclix; monsoon; sub Sahara; vulnerability; West Africa

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; MONSOON; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84857890732     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.1896     Document Type: Review

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