Surface response to rain events throughout the West African monsoon

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3883-3898

  Lohou, F ^a   Kergoat, L ^b   Guichard, F ^c   Boone, A ^c   Cappelaere, B ^d   Cohard, J M ^e   Demarty, J ^d   Galle, S ^e   Grippa, M ^b   Peugeot, C ^d   Ramier, D ^f   Taylor, C M ^g   Timouk, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^d INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^e LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^f CETE Ile de France   (France)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE; MONSOON; PERENNIAL PLANT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE;

WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84898802956     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-3883-2014     Document Type: Article

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