Coastal precipitation regimes in Kenya

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 109-119

  Camberlin, Pierre ^a   Planchon, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN;

KENYA;

EID: 0031285304     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.1997.00010.x     Document Type: Article

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