Technical note Some new characteristics of El Nino events

Renewable Energy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 243-253

  Njau, Ernest C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION; WIND;

EL NINO EVENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 0033150202     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00117-7     Document Type: Article

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