Over one century of rainfall and temperature observations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-91

  Conway, Declan ^a   Mould, Colin ^c   Bewket, Woldeamlak ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Climate records; Ethiopia; Homogeneity; Rainfall; Temperature; Trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

HOMOGENEITY TESTS; RAINFALL OBSERVATIONS;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOMOGENEITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADDIS ABABA; AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1142281845     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.989     Document Type: Article

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