Zonal circulations over the Indian and Pacific oceans and the level of Lakes Victoria and Tanganyika

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1613-1624

  Bergonzini, Laurent ^a   Richard, Yves ^b   Petit, Lena ^a,b   Camberlin, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

East African lakes; El Ni o southern oscillation; Equatorial zonal circulation; Hydrological variability; Indian Ocean; Lake Tanganyika; Lake Victoria; Lake level fluctuations; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKES;

HYDROCLIMATIC PROXIES; LARGE-SCALE MECHANISMS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX (SOI); ZONAL WIND INDEXES (ZWI);

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LAKE LEVEL; TELECONNECTION; ZONAL WIND;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; INDIAN OCEAN; LAKE TANGANYIKA; LAKE VICTORIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 9744232198     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1089     Document Type: Article

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