Browsing School of Agriculture, Environment, Water and Natural Resources Management (JA) by Subject "Drought"

Browsing School of Agriculture, Environment, Water and Natural Resources Management (JA) by Subject "Drought"

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  • Diagnosis of seasonal rainfall variability over East Africa: A Case study of 2010-2011 drought over Kenya 
    Ongoma, Victor; Guirong, T.; Ogwang, B. A.; Ngarukiyimana, J. P. (2015-01)
    The primary objective of this study was to investigate the recent climate variability over the East African region; with focus on the 2010-2011 rainfall failure over Kenya. The seasonal rainfall over the region is bimodal, ...
  • Diagnosis of the 2010 DJF flood over Zambia 
    Ongoma, Victor; Libanda, Brigadier; Ogwang, Bob A.; Ngonga, Chilekana; Nyasa, Linda (Springer Netherlands, 2016)
    This study diagnoses the circulation anomalies associated with the 2010 December–February (DJF) flood in comparison with the 1992 DJF drought over Zambia. Monthly precipitation data for 39 meteorological stations were ...
  • Influence of Indian Ocean dipole on rainfall variability and extremes over southern Africa 
    Ogwang, B. A.; Ongoma, Victor; Shilenje, Z. W.; Ramotubei, T. S.; Letuma, M.; Ngaina, Joshua N. (2020-10)
    Extreme weather events; floods and droughts are common in southern Africa (SA) consisting of 8 countries (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, parts of Angola and Zambia). This study ...
  • Influence of mascarene high and Indian Ocean dipole on East African extreme weather events 
    Ongoma, Victor; Ogwang, Bob A.; Xing, Li; Ogou, Faustin K. (2015)
    Extreme weather and climate events such as floods and droughts are common in East Africa, causing huge socio-economic losses. This study links the east African October-December (OND) rainfall, Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) ...
  • Screening for drought resistance in small seeded common beans 
    Mburu, Mary W. K.; Ombaka, J. O.; Kimani, P. M.; Narla, R. D.; Wambugu, J. M. (2012)
    Common bean (Phaseolusvulgaris L.) is sensitive to water stress. Objective of the study was to select genotypes resistant to drought and determine traits associated with drought resistance. ...

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