A dramatic decline in rainfall regime in the Congo Basin: Evidence from a thirty-four year data set from the Mabali Scientific Research Centre, Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Meteorology

Volumn 31, Issue 312, 2006, Pages 278-285

  Inogwabini, Bila Isia ^a,b   Sandokan, Boika Mola ^c   Ndunda, Mwanza ^c  

^a World Wide Fund for Nature   (Congo)

^b Centre de Recherche en Ecologie et Foresterie de Mabali ^*  (Congo)

^c Centre de Recherche en Ecologie et Foresterie de Mabali

Author keywords

Change in temperatures; Climate change; Congo Basin; Democratic Republic of Congo; Lake Tumba; Mabali Scientific Reserve; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO BASIN; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EQUATEUR; LAKE TUMBA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS;

EID: 33749449475     PISSN: 17482992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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