Interannual rainfall variability over western Tanzania

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1355-1368

  Mapande, Amin T ^a,b   Reason, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Dry spell frequency; Interannual rainfall; Regional circulation; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; WIND EFFECTS;

DRY SPELL FREQUENCY; INTERANNUAL RAINFALL; REGIONAL CIRCULATION; TANZANIA;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

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

EID: 23844467746     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1193     Document Type: Article

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