Figure 3
From: Indian Ocean Dipole drives malaria resurgence in East African highlands
Elevation (m) (A) and simulated rainfall (mm) over the Lake Victoria basin with large-scale moisture through the eastern boundary reduced by (B) 20% and (C) 50%.
(Modified from Anyah et al. 200614 figure 10. © American Meteorological Society. Reprinted with permission.) In all panels location color indicates the data available at each site; blue (rainfall); green (disease) and red (disease and rainfall). We used Kisumu rainfall data as a proxy for Kendu Bay and Maseno. Kisumu, like Kendu Bay and Maseno, is in the lowlands (A), with a similar rainfall regime (B and C). Panel C shows box plots for rainfall. Rainfall variability is measured by kurtosis (K) and low values indicate a platykurtic distribution (one where conditions around the median are more variable). (S) indicates skewness.
