The effect of moisture transport variability on Ethiopian summer precipitation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 3106-3123

  Viste, Ellen ^a   Sorteberg, Asgeir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Horn of Africa; Moisture transport; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

ETHIOPIA; HORN OF AFRICA; LAGRANGIAN TRAJECTORIES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES; SUMMER PRECIPITATION;

MOISTURE;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CONVERGENCE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ETHIOPIA; GULF OF GUINEA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84897050440     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3566     Document Type: Article

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