Dry spells and probability of rainfall occurrence for Lake Kyoga Basin in Uganda, East Africa

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• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Natural Hazards

• Publication date

  2019-12-05

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1007/s11069-019-03822-x
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