Examining the Role of Quasi-biennial Oscillation on Rainfall patterns over Upper Blue Nile Basin of Ethiopia

A composite analysis is used to evaluate the teleconnections between the long term (June- August) rainfall anomalies with east and west phases of quasi-biennial oscillation (QBO) in the stratospheric zonal winds from 1979–2017. Applying the lower equatorial stratospheric zonal wind index in JJA rain...

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Main Authors: Abebe Kebede Habtegebreal, Abebaw Bizuneh Alemu, U. Jaya Prakash Raju
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIMS Press 2021-05-01
Series:AIMS Environmental Science
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Online Access:http://www.aimspress.com/article/doi/10.3934/environsci.2021013?viewType=HTML