Effects of El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on rainfall characteristics in Katsina, Nigeria

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 5, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3273-3278

  Ati, Ojonigu Friday ^a   Iguisi, Edwin O ^b   Mohammed, Saidu O ^a  

^a National Remote Sensing Centre   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Agriculture. 2010 academic journals; Drought; El Ni o; La Ni a; Precipitation index; Rainfall; Southern Oscillation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651376720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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