Article Sidebar download Requires Subscription PDF Published: Jul 6, 2007 DOI: 10.4314/dai.v18i3.15750 Keywords: principal component factor loadings seaso lengths rainfall onset and cessation pentads water balance return period Article Details Issue Vol. 18 (2006) Section Articles Copyright for articles published in this journal is retained by the journal. Main Article Content Rainfall characteristics as an indicator of drought in Semi-Arid Kitui district of Kenya AO Opere Department of Meteorology, University of Nairobi, PO Box 30197,00100, Nairobi, Kenya VO Awuor SO kooke WO Omoto Abstract No Abstract.Discovery and Innovation Vol. 18 (3) 2006: pp. 235-245