Associations between the global energy cycle and regional rainfall in South Africa and Southwest Australia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 3032-3047

  Tennant, Warren J ^a   Reason, Chris J C ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RAIN; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; GLOBAL ENERGY CYCLE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

EID: 25444496199     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3464.1     Document Type: Article

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