Changes in extreme rainfall events in South Africa

Climatic Change

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 249-257

  Mason, Simon J ^a   Waylen, Peter R ^b   Mimmack, Gillian M ^a   Rajaratnam, Balakanapathy ^a   Harrison, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RAINFALL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032978660     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005450924499     Document Type: Article

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