Dominant role of greenhouse-gas forcing in the recovery of Sahel rainfall

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 757-760

  Dong, Buwen ^a   Sutton, Rowan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

EID: 84937908753     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2664     Document Type: Article

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