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.

PeriodRelative error (%) of Relative error (%) of Month category
versus 1962–2011versus 1962–2011JFMAMJJASOND

1962–1971+5.78−2.54 1.90adwrrrrwrwwd
1972–1981−3.76−0.751.67ddwrrrwdwwdd
1982–1991−2.07+0.671.66adwrrrwwwwdd
1992–2001−5.67+1.571.57ddwwwrrdwwda
2002–2011+5.73+1.041.78ddwwrrwdwrwd
1962–20111.71ddwrrrwdwwdd