Intra-seasonal convective variability over southern Africa: Principal component analysis of Pentad outgoing-longwave radiation departures 1976-1994

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 62, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 133-146

  Jury, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SUMMER;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0032818790     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050079     Document Type: Article

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