Role of the Indian Ocean sea surface temperature in shaping the natural variability in the flow of Nile River

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 1011-1023

  Siam, Mohamed S ^a   Wang, Guiling ^b   Demory, Marie Estelle ^c   Eltahir, Elfatih A B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c University of Birmingham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ENSO; Indian Ocean; Nile

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EQUATORIAL DYNAMICS; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION;

EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; NILE BASIN; NILE RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84905110615     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2132-6     Document Type: Article

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