Indo-Pacific sea surface temperature influences on failed consecutive rainy seasons over eastern Africa

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1645-1660

  Hoell, Andrew ^a   Funk, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Eastern Africa; ENSO; Indian Ocean Dipole; Pacific Decadal Variability; West Pacific warming

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPOSPHERE; WARMING;

EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST);

EID: 84906943258     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1991-6     Document Type: Article

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