The South Indian convergence zone and interannual rainfall variability over Southern Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3789-3804

  Cook, K H ^a  

^a Institute for the Study of the Continents   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; RAIN; WIND;

AUSTRAL SUMMER; INTERANNUAL RAINFALL VARIABILITY; LAND BASED CONVERGENCE ZONE; SOUTH INDIAN CONVERGENCE ZONE; SUBTROPICS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CONVERGENCE; HYDRODYNAMICS; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

(SOUTHERN); AFRICA;

EID: 0034318948     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<3789:TSICZA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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