West African monsoon demise: Climatology, interannual variations, and relationship to seasonal rainfall

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10,175-10,193

  Zhang, Gang ^a   Cook, Kerry H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 85018214634     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022043     Document Type: Article

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