A 19th century climate chronology for the Kalahari region of central southern Africa derived from missionary correspondence

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 821-841

  Nash, David J ^a   Endfield, Georgina H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Documentary evidence; Drought; El Ni o; Kalahari; Nineteenth century

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; LANDFORMS; RAIN;

CLIMATE CHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DESERT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; DROUGHT; EL NINO; NINETEENTH CENTURY;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037098183     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.753     Document Type: Article

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