Sensitivity of the southern African circulation to dipole sea-surface temperature patterns in the South Indian Ocean

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-393

  Reason, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Atmospheric modelling; Interannual climate variability; South Indian Ocean; Southern Africa; SST anomalies

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAIN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORMS;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0037197132     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.744     Document Type: Article

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