Multimodel GCM-RCM ensemble-based projections of temperature and precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century

International Journal of Geophysics

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Diallo, I ^a   Sylla, M B ^b   Giorgi, F ^b   Gaye, A T ^a   Camara, M ^c  

^a Cheikh Anta Diop University   (Senegal)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c Assane SECK University of Ziguinchor   (Senegal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84866245733     PISSN: 1687885X     EISSN: 16878868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/972896     Document Type: Article

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