Characteristic 20th and 21st century precipitation and temperature patterns and changes over the Greater Horn of Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 347-363

  Anyah, Richard O ^a   Qiu, Weini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Horn of Africa; Precipitation and temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; EASTERN AFRICA; GLOBAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HORN OF AFRICA; SUB-REGIONS; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS;

NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

HORN OF AFRICA;

EID: 84857697723     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2270     Document Type: Article

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