Droughts over Southern Africa in a doubled-CO2 climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1149-1156

  Joubert, A M ^a   Mason, S J ^a   Galpin, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Doubled co2; Drought; Extreme events; Mid summer droughts; Southern africa

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE DOUBLING; CARBON EMISSIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING REGION; DROUGHT; DRY PERIOD; EXTREME EVENT; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; RAINFALL;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030418406     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199610)16:10<1149::aid-joc70>3.0.co;2-v     Document Type: Article

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