Frequency of wet and dry spells in Tanzania

Environmental Science and Engineering (Subseries: Environmental Science)

Volumn , Issue 9783540724377, 2007, Pages 197-204

  Tilya, Faustine F ^a   Mhita, Mohamed S ^a  

^a TANZANIA METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; RAIN;

DAILY DATUM; DAILY RAINFALL; DRY SPELLS; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; LONGEST RUN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; WET AND DRY;

DROUGHT;

EID: 85028893406     PISSN: 18635520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-72438-4_10     Document Type: Article

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