A review of South African research in atmospheric science and physical oceanography during 2000-2005

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 35-45

  Reason, C J C ^a   Engelbrecht, F ^b   Landman, W A ^b,c   Lutjeharms, J R E ^a   Piketh, S ^d   De W Rautenbach, C J ^b   Hewitson, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AND METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY; RESEARCH WORK; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AFRICA; AGULHAS CURRENT; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BENGUELA CURRENT; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33744794618     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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44. Penven P., Lutjeharms J.R.E., Marchesiello P., Weeks S.J. and Roy C. (2001). Generation of cyclonic eddies by the Agulhas Current in the lee of the Agulhas Bank. Geophys. Res. Lett. 27, 10551058.
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61. Risien C.M., Reason C.J.C., Shillington F.A. and Chelton D.B. (2004). Variability in satellite winds over the Benguela upwelling system during 1999-2000. J. geophys. Res. 109, doi: 10.1029/2003JC001880.
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64. Rouault M. and Lutjeharms J.R.E. (2003). Estimation of sea-surface temperature around southern Africa from satellite-derived microwave observations. S. Afr. J. Sci. 99, 489-494.
65. Boyd A.J., Filipe V.L.L. and Bartholomae C.H. (2001). Near-surface currents and hydrology off southern Angola in July 1999. S. Afr. J. Sci. 97, 219-222.
66. Iita A., Boyd A.J. and Bartholomae C.H. (2001). A snapshot of the circulation and hydrology of the southern and central shelf regions of the Benguela Current in winter 1999. S. Afr. J. Sci. 97, 213-217.
67. Mouton D.P., Boyd A.J. and Bartholomae C.H. (2001). Near-surface currents and hydrology off northern Namibia in July 1999. S. Afr. J. Sci. 97, 209-212.
68. Largier J. and Boyd A.J. (2001). Drifter observations of surface water transport in the Benguela Current during winter 1999. S. Afr. J. Sci. 97, 223-229.
69. Hagen E., Feistel R., Agenbach J.J. and Ohde T. (2001). Seasonal and interannual changes in intensive Benguela Upwelling (1982-1999). Oceanologia Acta 24, 557-568.
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78. Lutjeharms J.R.E. and Machu E. (2000). An upwelling cell inshore of the East Madagascar Current. Deep-Sea Res. I 47, 2405-2411.
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80. Lutjeharms J.R.E., Cooper J. and Roberts M. (2000). Upwelling at the inshore edge of the Agulhas Current. Contl Shelf Res. 20, 737-761.
81. Attwood G.G., Allen J. and Claasen P.J. (2002). Nearshore surface current patterns in the Tsitsikamma National Park, South Africa. S. Afr. J. mar. Sci. 24, 151-160.
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85. Reason C.J.C. (2001). Evidence for the influence of the Agulhas Current on regional atmospheric circulation patterns. J. Climate 14, 2769-2778.
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88. Rouault M., Lee-Thorp A.M. and Lutjeharms J.R.E. (2000). The atmospheric boundary layer above the Agulhas Current during alongcurrent winds. J. phys. Oceanogr. 30, 40-50.
89. Rouault M., White S.A., Reason C.J.C., Lutjeharms J.R.E. and Jobard I. (2002). Ocean-atmosphere interaction in the Agulhas Current region and a South African extreme weather event. Weather Forecast. 17, 655-669.
90. Rouault M. and Lutjeharms J.R.E. (2000). Air-sea exchange over an Agulhas eddy at the Subtropical Convergence. Global Atmos. Ocean Syst. 7, 125-150.
91. Burls, N.J. and Reason C.J.C. (in press). Sea surface temperature fronts in the midlatitude South Atlantic revealed by using microwave satellite data. Journal of Geophysical Research.
92. Bernard S., Probyn T.A. and Barlow R.G. (2001). Measured and modeled optical properties of particulate matter in the southern Benguela. S. Afr. J. Sci. 97, 410-420.
93. Veitch J.A., Florenchie P and Shillington F.A. (in press). Seasonal and interannual fluctuations of the Angola Benguela Frontal Zone (ABFZ) using 4.5 km resolution satellite imagery from 1982 to 1999. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
94. Weeks S.J., Currie B. and Bakun A. (2002). Satellite imaging - Massive emissions of toxic gas in the Atlantic. Nature 415, 493-494.
95. Weeks S.J., Currie B., Bakun A. and Peard K.R. (2004). Hydrogen sulphide eruptions in the Atlantic Ocean off southern Africa: implications of a new view based on SeaWiFS satellite imagery. Deep-Sea Res. I, 51, 153-172.
96. Agenbag J.J., Richardson A.J., Demarcq H., Fréon P., Weeks S. and Shillington F.A. (2003). Estimating environmental preferences of South African pelagic fish species using catch size and remote sensing data. Prog. Oceanogr. 59, 275-300.
97. Richardson A.J., Risien C. and Shillington F.A. (2003). Using self-organizing maps to identify patterns in satellite imagery. Prog. Oceanogr. 59, 223-239.
98. Weeks S.J., Pitcher G.C. and Bernard S. (2004). Satellite monitoring of the evolution of a coccolithophorid bloom in the Southern Benguela upwelling system. Oceanography 17-1, 83-89.
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100. Mason S. and Jury M. (1997). Climate variability and change over southern Africa: a reflection on underlying processes. Prog. Phys. Geogr. 21, 23-50.
101. Tyson P.D., Dyer T.G.J. and Mametse M.N. (1975). Secular changes in South African rainfall: 1880-1972. Q. J. R. Met. Soc. 101, 817-833.
102. Reason C.J.C. and Rouault M. (2002). ENSO-like decadal patterns and South African rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett. 29(13), doi: 10.1029/2002GL014663.
103. Jury M., White W.B. and Reason C.J.C. (2005). Modelling the dominant climate signals around southern Africa. Climate Dyn. 23, 717-726.
104. Reason C.J.C., Allan R.J., Lindesay J.A. and Ansell T.J. (2000). ENSO and climatic signals across the Indian Ocean basin in the global context: Part 1, interannual composite patterns. Inf. J. Climatol. 20, 1285-1327.
105. Allan R.J., Reason C.J.C., Lindesay J.A. and Ansell T.J. (2003). Protracted ENSO episodes over the Indian Ocean region. Deep-Sea Res. II, Special Issue on Physical Oceanography of the Indian Ocean: From WOCE to CLIVAR, 50, 2331-2347.
106. Richard Y., Trzaska S., Roucou P. and Rouault M. (2000). Modification of the southern African rainfall variability/ENSO relationship since the late 1960s. Climate Dyn. 16, 883-895.
107. Rautenbach, C.J. de W. and Smith I.N. (2001). Teleconnections between global sea-surface temperature and the interannual variability of observed and model simulated rainfall over southern Africa. J. Hydrol. 254, 1-15.
108. Behera S.K. and Yamagata T. (2001). Subtropical SST dipole events in the southern Indian Ocean. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 327-330.
109. Reason C.J.C. (2001). Subtropical Indian Ocean SST dipole events and southern African rainfall. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28, 2225-2227.
110. Reason, C.J.C. (2002). Sensitivity of the southern African circulation to dipole SST patterns in the South Indian Ocean. Int. J. Climatol. 22, 377-393.
111. Fauchereau N., Trzaska S., Richard Y., Roucou P. and Camberlin P. (2003). Sea surface temperature co-variability in the Southern Atlantic and Indian Oceans and its connections with the atmospheric circulation in the southern hemisphere. Int. J. Climatol. 23, 663-677.
112. Hermes J. and Reason C.J.C. (2005). Interannual dipole-like SST variability in the South Indian and South Atlantic Oceans. J. Climate 18, 2864-2882.
113. Reason C.J.C., Rouault M., Melice J-L. and Jagadheesha D. (2002). Interannual winter rainfall variability in SW South Africa and large scale ocean-atmosphere interactions. Met. Atmos. Phys., Special Issue on atmosphere-surface interactions, 80(1-4), 19-29.
114. Reason C.J.C. and Rouault M. (2005). Links between the Antarctic Oscillation and winter rainfall over western South Africa. Geophys. Res. Lett. 32(7), L07705, doi 10.1029/2005GL022419.
115. Mo K.C. and Paegle J.A. (2001). The Pacific-South American modes and their downstream effects. Int. J. Climatol. 21, 1211-1229.
116. Colberg F., Reason C.J.C. and Rodgers K. (2004). South Atlantic response to ENSO induced climate variability in an OGCM. J. geophys. Res. 109, C12015, doi 10.1029/2004JC002301.
117. Cook K.H. (2000). The South Indian convergence zone and interannual rainfall variability over southern Africa. J. Climate 13, 3789-3804.
118. Reason C.J.C. and Jagadheesha D. (2005). A model investigation of recent ENSO impacts over southern Africa. Met. Atmos. Phys., Special Issue on Tropical Climate, 89, 181-205.
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