Changes in rainfall characteristics in northern Nigeria

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1261-1271

  Tarhule, Aondover ^a,b   Woo, Ming Ko ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b University of Jos   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0032435735     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199809)18:11<1261::aid-joc302>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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