Predictability of June-September Rainfall in Ethiopia From: Monthly Weather Review | Date: February 1, 2007| Author: Barnston, Anthony G; Korecha, Diriba | Copyright American Meteorological Society Feb 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

ABSTRACT

In much of Ethiopia, similar to the Sahelian countries to its west, rainfall from June to September contributes the majority of the annual total, and is crucial to Ethiopia's water resource and agriculture operations. Drought-related disasters could be mitigated by warnings if skillful summer rainfall predictions were possible with sufficient lead time. This study examines the predictive potential for June-September rainfall in Ethiopia using mainly statistical approaches. The...

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