Analysis of rainfall records (1923-2004) in Atar-Mauritania

Geofizika

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-64

  Ould Cherif Ahmed, A ^a   Yasuda, H ^a   Hattori, K ^b   Nagasawa, R ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atar Mauritania; Frequency; Persistence; Rainfall; SST; Trend

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PERSISTENCE; POLICY MAKING; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER PLANNING; WATER RESOURCE;

ADRAR [MAURITANIA]; AFRICA; ATAR; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 49449083552     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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