An analysis of the within-season rainfall characteristics and simulation of the daily rainfall in two savanna zones in Ghana

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 86, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-62

  Adiku, S G K ^a   Dayananda, P W A ^b   Rose, C W ^b   Dowuona, G N N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Rainfall simulation model; Savanna; Waterstorage

Indexed keywords

MODEL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN; SEASONAL VARIATION;

GHANA, ACCRA; GHANA, TAMALE;

EID: 0030749209     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02414-8     Document Type: Article

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