Trends in spatio-temporal variability in annual rainfall in Ghana (1951-2000)

Weather

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Owusu, Kwadwo ^a   Waylen, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 67650066290     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.255     Document Type: Article

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