The 2014 drought in the horn of Africa: Attribution of meteorological drivers

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2015, Pages S83-S88

  Marthews, T R ^a   Otto, F E L ^b   Mitchell, D ^a,c   Dadson, S J ^a   Jones, R G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN;

ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; EAST AFRICANS;

DROUGHT;

EID: 84955453891     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00115.1     Document Type: Review

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