Moisture transport into the Ethiopian highlands

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 249-263

  Viste, Ellen ^a   Sorteberg, Asgeir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Horn of Africa; Moisture transport; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CONGO BASINS; ETHIOPIA; FLOW OF AIR; GULF OF GUINEA; HORN OF AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; MOISTURE UPTAKE; REANALYSIS; RED SEA; SOURCE REGION; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY;

MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; CONVERGENCE; HUMIDITY; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TRAJECTORY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONGO BASIN; ETHIOPIAN HIGHLANDS; GULF OF GUINEA; INDIAN OCEAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 84871624106     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3409     Document Type: Article

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