Temporal rainfall variability in the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa during the twentieth century

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 98, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 119-135

  Kizza, Michael ^a   Rodhe, Allan ^b   Xu, Chong Yu ^c   Ntale, Henry K ^a   Halldin, Sven ^b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; DETECTION METHOD; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WET SEASON;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 69049110969     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0093-6     Document Type: Article

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