The annual cycle of African climate and its variability

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-8

  Jury, M R ^a   Mpeta, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b Tanzanian Meteorological Services   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

African monsoon; Annual cycle; Climate diagnostics

Indexed keywords

JETS; OSCILLATIONS; RAIN; STATISTICAL METHODS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANNUAL CYCLES; COMPOSITE ANALYSIS; DIPOLES; INTERANNUAL SIGNALS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE VARIATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WIND; TEMPERATURE;

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

EID: 14744286131     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wsa.v31i1.5114     Document Type: Article

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