The nature of rainfall in the main drainage sub-basins of Uganda;La nature des précipitations dans les principaux sous-bassins de l'Ouganda

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 278-299

  Nsubuga, Francis W N ^a   Botai, O J ^a   Olwoch, Jane M ^b   Rautenbach, C J de W ^a   Bevis, Yvette ^a   Adetunji, Adebayo O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

drainage sub basins; drought severity index; Mann Kendall; precipitation concentration index; Sen's T test; trend analysis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; RAIN;

CONCENTRATION INDICES; DROUGHT SEVERITY; MANN-KENDALL; SEN'S T TESTS; SUBBASINS; TREND ANALYSIS; UGANDA;

CATCHMENTS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; DROUGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

UGANDA;

EID: 84896717860     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2013.804188     Document Type: Article

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