Predicting East African spring droughts using Pacific and Indian Ocean sea surface temperature indices
In eastern East Africa (the southern Ethiopia, eastern Kenya and southern Somalia region), poor boreal spring (long wet season) rains in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011 contributed to severe food insecurity and high levels of malnutrition. Predicting rainfall deficits in this region on...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/18/4965/2014/hess-18-4965-2014.pdf |