Research Article
Climate Variability in the Sudano-Guinean Transition Area and Its Impact on Vegetation: The Case of the Lamto Region in Côte D’Ivoire
Table 1
Pluviothermal index
, month categories, and the relative difference between each decade and the entire period for both variables.
| Period | Relative error (%) of | Relative error (%) of | | Month category | versus 1962–2011 | versus 1962–2011 | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
| 1962–1971 | +5.78 | −2.54 | 1.90 | a | d | w | r | r | r | r | w | r | w | w | d | 1972–1981 | −3.76 | −0.75 | 1.67 | d | d | w | r | r | r | w | d | w | w | d | d | 1982–1991 | −2.07 | +0.67 | 1.66 | a | d | w | r | r | r | w | w | w | w | d | d | 1992–2001 | −5.67 | +1.57 | 1.57 | d | d | w | w | w | r | r | d | w | w | d | a | 2002–2011 | +5.73 | +1.04 | 1.78 | d | d | w | w | r | r | w | d | w | r | w | d | 1962–2011 | | | 1.71 | d | d | w | r | r | r | w | d | w | w | d | d |
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