Historical climatology and dendroclimatology in the Blue Nile River basin, northern Ethiopia

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 252, 1998, Pages 243-251

  Conway, D ^a   Brooks, N ^a   Briffa, K R ^a   Merrin, P D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) PHENOMENON;

CLIMATOLOGY;

DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0032413923     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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