Contrasting climate variability and meteorological drought with perceived drought and climate change in northern Ethiopia

Climate Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-31

  Meze Hausken, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ethiopia; Perceptions; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; PERCEPTION; RAINFALL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 4544290749     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr027019     Document Type: Article

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