Analysis of agricultural drought in Iiuni, eastern Kenya: Application of a Markov model

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1307-1322

  Biamah, E K ^a,b   Sterk, G ^b   Sharma, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agricultural drought; Dry spells; Long rains; Markov model; Markovian persistence; Rainfall amounts; Semi arid Kenya; Short rains; Wet spells

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROPS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY; RAIN; SOILS;

CROP PERFORMANCE; CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS (CDF); SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE;

DROUGHT;

AGRICULTURAL CATCHMENT; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; FARM CROPS; PROBABILITY; RAIN; SOIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 16444364749     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.5556     Document Type: Article

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