The Sahelian drought may have ended during the 1990s

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-492

  Ozer, Pierre ^a   Erpicum, Michel ^a   Demarée, Gaston ^b   Vandiepenbeeck, Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Discontinuity; Pettitt test; Rainfall; Sahel

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; RAIN; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CUSTOMARY CONFIDENCE LEVEL;

DROUGHT;

DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL;

AFRICA;

EID: 0037903265     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1623/hysj.48.3.489.45285     Document Type: Article

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