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T1 A Preliminary Analysis of Climatological Data from the Marsabit District of Northern Kenya: IPAL Technical Paper Number B-1
A1 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 Kenya
K1 arid zone
K1 land
K1 climatology
K1 rain
K1 radiation
K1 precipitation
K1 rainfall
K1 temperature
K1 wind power
YR 1979
FD 1979-08
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29267
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/29267
NO The Integrated Project in Arid Lands (IPAL) was initiated in 1976 in the Marsabit District of Northern Kenya to study the arid grazing lands ecosystems. One of the major inputs to the ecosystem is the climate. Rainfall, in particular, controls the moisture status of the soils, the abundance and distribution of vegetation and the availability of groundwater. Thus, the distribution and number of livestock and the size of the human populations which can subsist on the livestock are ultimately dependent upon rainfall and the balance between input and losses in the soil-plant-atmosphere system.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026