Temporal and spatial variability of annual and seasonal rainfall over Ethiopia;Variabilité temporelle et spatiale des précipitations annuelles et saisonnières sur l'Ethiopie

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 354-373

  Wagesho, Negash ^a   Goel, N K ^b   Jain, M K ^b  

^a ARBA MINCH UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

annual rainfall; Ethiopia; seasonal rainfall; spatial autocorrelation; trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; ETHIOPIA; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; TREND ANALYSIS;

WATER RESOURCES;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; AUTOCORRELATION; CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84874778405     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2012.754543     Document Type: Article

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