Persistence of Subtropical African Droughts
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- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review
- Vol. 106 (7) , 1017-1021
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1978)106<1017:posad>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Kraus (1977) has demonstrated that subtropical African droughts exhibit statistically significant persistence. It is emphasized, through a further analysis of annual subtropical African rainfall, that the data are highly variable with only a small degree of persistence. These results have significant implications concerning the appropriate characterization of the likelihood of drought for dissemination to decision-makers. Abstract Kraus (1977) has demonstrated that subtropical African droughts exhibit statistically significant persistence. It is emphasized, through a further analysis of annual subtropical African rainfall, that the data are highly variable with only a small degree of persistence. These results have significant implications concerning the appropriate characterization of the likelihood of drought for dissemination to decision-makers.Keywords
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