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Water efficiency II: Rural areas and agriculture

Bruins et al., Table 2: Climatic comparison of the three research areas

 
P
Precipitation (mm)

EP
Evaporation pan (mm)

P/EP
Aridity index
Lodwar, Turkana. Kenya
188
3000
0.06
Kajiado town, Kajiado, Kenya
502
2000
0.25
Sede Boker campus, Negev, Israel
94
2491
0.04

EP denotes evaporation measured in an evaporation pan.

Source: Various meteorological data from Kenya and Israel Meteorological Service, Bet Dagan, and Desert Meteorology Unit (Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. BGU); Bruins et al. 2003.

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