SAHEL RAINFALL AND WORLDWIDE SEA TEMPERATURES, 1901-85

Using the comprehensively quality-controlled Meteorological Office Historical Sea Surface Temperature data set (MOHSST) we show for the first time that persistently wet and dry periods in the Sahel region of Africa are strongly related to contrasting patterns of sea-surface temperature (SST) anomali...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Folland, C, Palmer, T, Parker, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1986