Analysis of multidimensional aspects of agricultural droughts in Zimbabwe using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-305

  Manatsa, Desmond ^a,b   Mukwada, Geoffrey ^c   Siziba, Emmanuel ^a   Chinyanganya, Tafadzwa ^a  

^a BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOMOGENEITY; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ZIMBABWE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78249258408     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0262-2     Document Type: Article

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