Subtropical Indian Ocean SST dipole events and southern African rainfall

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2225-2227

  Reason, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; RAIN; SURFACE WATERS; EVAPORATION; MOISTURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; LOW PRESSURES; MODEL RESULTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHEASTERN AFRICA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN;

ONSHORE FLOW;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0035364038     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL012735     Document Type: Article

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