Tropical Cyclone Eline and its unusual penetration and impacts over the Southern Africa mainland

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 789-805

  Reason, Chris J C ^a   Keibel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE SIGNALS; MAINLAND; SOIL MOISTURE; TRACK OF ELINE;

STORMS;

FLOOD; NATURAL HAZARD; SEVERE WEATHER; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 13644272314     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0789:TCEAIU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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