El Niño, climate change, and southern African climate

Environmetrics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 327-345

  Mason, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Rainfall variability; Sea surface temperatures; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0034945980     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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