Articles | Volume 18, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5093-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-5093-2014
Research article
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11 Dec 2014
Research article |  | 11 Dec 2014

Characterising the space–time structure of rainfall in the Sahel with a view to estimating IDAF curves

G. Panthou, T. Vischel, T. Lebel, G. Quantin, and G. Molinié

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