The climate of Socotra Island (Yemen): A first-time assessment of the timing of the monsoon wind reversal and its influence on precipitation and vegetation patterns

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1507-1515

  Scholte, Paul ^a,b   De Geest, Peter ^c  

^a Socotra Conservation and Development Programme   (Yemen)

^b Kitabi College of Conservation and Environmental Management RWA   (Netherlands)

^c DGLG WE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dragonblood; Drought; Fog; Indian Ocean Monsoon; Rainfall variability; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLOUD COVER; DROUGHT; FOG; MONSOON; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGENERATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WIND DIRECTION;

HADRAMAWT; SOCOTRA; YEMEN;

EID: 77956228957     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2010.05.017     Document Type: Article

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