The effects of the southwest Indian ocean tropical cyclones on Ethiopian drought

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1373-1388

  Shanko, Dula ^a   Camberlin, Pierre ^b  

^a National Meteorological Services Agency   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Composite analysis; Ethiopia; Rainfall variations; Southwest Indian Ocean; Tropical cyclones depressions

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TELECONNECTION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

ETHIOPIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0032453795     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(1998100)18:12<1373::AID-JOC313>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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