Rainfall: Scarce Resource in 'Opportunity Country' [and Discussion]

The rainfall of semi-arid lands represents a major resource in whose more effective utilization both contemporary and traditional technologies have increasing parts to play. Though infrequent, rains can be both heavy and widespread even in regions normally arid, as a result of major disturbances of...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 1977-05, Vol.278 (962), p.439-455
Main Authors: Rainey, R. C., Davy, E. G., Stanhill, G., Worthington, E. B., Pedgley, D. E., Broughton, W. B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arid land
Climate models
Cyclones
Locusts
Meteorology
Pests
Rain
Scarce resources
Wadis
Weather
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Summary:The rainfall of semi-arid lands represents a major resource in whose more effective utilization both contemporary and traditional technologies have increasing parts to play. Though infrequent, rains can be both heavy and widespread even in regions normally arid, as a result of major disturbances of global systems of winds and weather which are typically recognizable in real time in the course of routine synoptic weather analysis.
ISSN:0962-8436
0080-4622
1471-2970
2054-0280
DOI:10.1098/rstb.1977.0054