Long-term spatiotemporal variation of drought patterns over the Greater Horn of Africa

[Display omitted] •Spatiotemporal drought patterns were investigated in the Greater Horn of Africa.•Droughts showed an increasing annual trend during 1964–2015.•Droughts in 1973–74, 1984–85, and 2010–11 were severe and intense.•Droughts increased in winter, spring and summer but decrease in autumn s...

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Published in:	The Science of the total environment Vol. 704; p. 135299
Main Authors:	Gebremeskel Haile, Gebremedhin, Tang, Qiuhong, Leng, Guoyong, Jia, Guoqiang, Wang, Jie, Cai, Diwen, Sun, Siao, Baniya, Binod, Zhang, Qinghuan
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Netherlands Elsevier B.V 20.02.2020
Subjects:	autumn drought Drought characteristics Drought trends East Africa Ethiopia Kenya Somalia spatial variation spring Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index Sudan summer Tanzania temporal variation winter Somalia Kenya Ethiopia Sudan Tanzania Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index Drought characteristics East Africa Drought trends
ISSN:	0048-9697, 1879-1026, 1879-1026
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