Intensity and spatial extent of droughts in southern Africa

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• Publication year

  2005

• Venue

  Geophysical Research Letters

• Publication date

  2005-08-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1029/2005GL022436
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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