Benoit, P., 1977. The start of the growing season in northern Nigeria. Agric. Meteorol., 18: 91--99. The start of the growing season in northern Nigeria may be defined as the date when accumulated rainfall exceeds and remains greater than one half of potential evapotranspiration for the remainder
Fluctuations in the onset, termination and length of the growing season in northern Nigeria
β Scribed by E. O. Oladipo; J. D. Kyari
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 678 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1434-4483
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