The use of seasonal forecasts in South Africa during the 1997/98 rainfall season

Water SA

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 311-316

  Klopper, E ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032767020     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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