Changes in temperature and precipitation extremes over the Greater Horn of Africa region from 1961 to 2010

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1262-1277

  Omondi, Philip Aming'o ^a   Awange, Joseph L ^b   Forootan, Ehsan ^c   Ogallo, Laban Ayieko ^a   Barakiza, Ruben ^d   Girmaw, Gezahegn Bogale ^e   Fesseha, Isaac ^f   Kululetera, Venerabilis ^g   Kilembe, Caroline ^h   Mbati, Mathieu Mugunga ⁱ   Kilavi, Mary ^j   King'uyu, Stephen Mutua ^j   Omeny, Peter Adek ^j   Njogu, Andrew ^j   Badr, Eldin Mamoun ^k   Musa, Tibin Adam ^l   Muchiri, Peris ^m   Bamanya, Deus ⁿ   Komutunga, Everline ^o  

^a IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre ICPAC   (Kenya)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d Geographical Institute of Burundi (IGEBU)   (Burundi)

^e National Meteorological Services Agency   (Ethiopia)

^f Asmara ^*  (Eritrea)

^g TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Tanzania)

^h Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Tanzania)

ⁱ Rwanda Meteorological Service   (Rwanda)

^j Kenya Meteorological Service   (Kenya)

^k Sudan Meteorological Authority (SMA)   (Sudan)

^l Animal Resources Research Corporation   (Sudan)

^m Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations   (Kenya)

ⁿ UGANDA NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

^o National Agricultural Research Organization   (Uganda)

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Author keywords

Climate extremes; Climate indices; Greater horn of africa; PRECIS model; Water storage changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EXTREMES; CLIMATE INDEX; GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT MISSIONS; GREATER HORN OF AFRICA; SATELLITE GRAVIMETRIES; WATER STORAGE; WATER STORAGE VARIATION; WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONS;

AUTOMATIC INDEXING; DIGITAL STORAGE; GEODETIC SATELLITES;

CLIMATE MODELS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GRACE; GRAVIMETRY; HADLEY CELL; KALMAN FILTER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SMOOTHING; WATER STORAGE;

AFRICA;

EID: 84900655228     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3763     Document Type: Article

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