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Attributing drivers of the 2016 Kenyan drought

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In 2016 and continuing into 2017, Kenya experienced drought conditions, with over three million people in need of food aid due to low rainfall during 2016. Whenever extreme events like this happen, questions are raised about the role of climate change and how natural variability such as the El Nino Southern Oscillation influenced ˜ the likelihood and intensity of the event. Here we aim to quantify the relative contributions of different climate drivers to this drought by applying three indepe...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1002/joc.5389

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Social Sciences Division
Department:
SOGE; Environmental Change Institute
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FP7/2007-2013 under Grant Agreement No. 607085
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Publisher:
Royal Meteorological Society Publisher's website
Journal:
International Journal of Climatology Journal website
Volume:
38
Issue:
S1
Pages:
e554-e568
Publication date:
2017-12-22
Acceptance date:
2017-11-24
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EISSN:
1097-0088
ISSN:
0899-8418
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pubs:796593
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796593
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2017-11-24

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