Droughts and floods over the upper catchment of the Blue Nile and their connections to the timing of El Niño and La Niña events

The Blue Nile originates from Lake Tana in the Ethiopian Highlands and contributes about 60-69% of the main Nile discharge. Previous studies investigated the relationship of sea surface temperature (SST) in the Pacific Ocean (Niño 3.4 region) to occurrence of meteorological and hydrological drought...

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Main Authors: Zaroug, M. A. H. (Author), Eltahir, Elfatih A. B. (Contributor), Giorgi, F. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus GmbH on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2014-06-19T16:20:36Z.
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