'Splendid rains have fallen': Links between El Niño and rainfall variability in the Kalahari, 1840-1900

Climatic Change

Volumn 86, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 257-290

  Nash, David J ^a   Endfield, Georgina H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; DROUGHT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

PROTRACTED EVENTS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SUMMER;

AFRICA; KALAHARI DESERT; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 37549018920     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-007-9274-z     Document Type: Article

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