The predictability of seasonal maximum temperature in South Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 741-758

  Klopper, Emsie ^a   Landman, Willem A ^a   Van Heerden, Johan ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032525721     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980615)18:7<741::AID-JOC279>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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