Trends in daily observed temperature and precipitation extremes over three Ethiopian eco-environments

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1990-1999

  Mekasha, Aklilu ^a,b,c   Tesfaye, Kinde ^d   Duncan, Alan J ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^d International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Climate extremes; Eco environment; Precipitation; Temperature; Trend

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE EXTREMES; DAILY TEMPERATURES; ECO-ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITIES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TREND;

GLOBAL WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84899472079     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3816     Document Type: Article

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