The Indian Ocean dipole - the unsung driver of climatic variability in East Africa

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  African Journal of Ecology

• Publication date

  2007-03-01

• Fields of study

  Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1365-2028.2006.00707.X
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