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Research article
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17 Apr 2014
Research article |
| 17 Apr 2014
Surface response to rain events throughout the West African monsoon
Laboratoire d'Aérologie, UMR5560, Université de Toulouse and CNRS, Toulouse, France
L. Kergoat
GET (CNRS/UPS/IRD), Toulouse, France
F. Guichard
CNRM-GAME (CNRS and Météo-France), Toulouse, France
A. Boone
CNRM-GAME (CNRS and Météo-France), Toulouse, France
B. Cappelaere
IRD, Hydrosciences, Montpellier, France
J.-M. Cohard
LTHE (UJF), Grenoble, France
J. Demarty
IRD, Hydrosciences, Montpellier, France
LTHE (UJF), Grenoble, France
M. Grippa
GET (CNRS/UPS/IRD), Toulouse, France
C. Peugeot
IRD, Hydrosciences, Montpellier, France
D. Ramier
CETE Ile de France, Trappes, France
C. M. Taylor
CEH, Wallingford, UK
F. Timouk
GET (CNRS/UPS/IRD), Toulouse, France
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