January and July climate simulations over the SADC region using the limited-area model DARLAM

Water SA

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-374

  Engelbrecht, F A ^a   Rautenbach, C J D W ^a   McGregor, J L ^b   Katzfey, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RAIN;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TROPICAL REGION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0036803801     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v28i4.4909     Document Type: Article

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