Interannual variability of south-eastern African summer rainfall. Part 1: Relationships with air-sea interaction processes

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-265

  Rocha, Alfredo ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air sea interaction; Anomaly fields; Brandon Marion Index; Circulation; Correlation; Principal component analysis; South eastern Africa; Summer rainfall

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; SUMMER RAINFALL;

EID: 0030680168     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19970315)17:3<235::AID-JOC123>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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