Meteorological scenario of Ethiopian floods in 2006-2007

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Jury, Mark R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOOD; HADLEY CELL; HURRICANE; MONSOON; RAINFALL; TIMESCALE;

ARABIAN SEA; CONGO; ETHIOPIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (WEST); RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

EID: 79955074217     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0337-0     Document Type: Article

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