Intraseasonal wind anomalies related to wet and dry spells during the "long" and "short" rainy seasons in Kenya

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Camberlin, P ^a   Wairoto, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b KENYA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (Kenya)

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EID: 0002427717     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00867432     Document Type: Article

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