Intraseasonal variations of June-September rainfall and upper-air circulation over Kenya

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 107-115

  Camberlin, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; INTRASEASONAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; SUMMER; WIND;

KENYA;

EID: 0030428892     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00865153     Document Type: Article

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