Sources of Sahelian-Sudan moisture: Insights from a moisture-tracing atmospheric model

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 7819-7832

  Salih, Abubakr A M ^a   Zhang, Qiong ^a   Pausata, Francesco S R ^a   Tjernström, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EVAPORATION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; MOISTURE TRANSFER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAGGING;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; CENTRAL AFRICA; GUINEA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA]; SUDAN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84978904053     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024575     Document Type: Article

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