Fluctuation of rainfall time series in Malawi: An analysis of selected areas;Promjenljivost vremenskog niza oborine u Malaviju: Analiza odabranih područja

Geofizika

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-28

  Kumbuyo, Chisomo Patrick ^a   Yasuda, Hiroshi ^a   Kitamura, Yoshinobu ^a   Shimizu, Katsuyuki ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bimodal rainfall; Inter annual fluctuation; Precipitation concentration index; Seasonal index; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INDEX METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MALAWI;

EID: 84905915272     PISSN: 03523659     EISSN: 18466346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15233/gfz.2014.31.1     Document Type: Article

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