Climate variability and change in North African countries

Climate Change and Food Security in West Asia and North Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 161-172

  Driouech, F ^a   Ben Rached, S ^b   El Hairech, T ^a  

^a Direction de la Météororlogie   (Morocco)

^b Institut National de la Météorologie   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought; Extremes; North Africa; Trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890448257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6751-5_9     Document Type: Chapter

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