Intrinsic properties of Sahel precipitation anomalies and rainfall

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 627-633

  Efstathiou, Maria N ^a   Varotsos, Costas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; LONG RANGE FORECAST; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 84864477378     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0605-2     Document Type: Article

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