Influences of ENSO and SST variations on the interannual variability of rainfall amounts in southern Africa

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 308, 2006, Pages 362-368

  Valimba, Patrick ^a   Camberlin, Pierre ^b   Richard, Yves ^b   Servat, Eric ^c   Hughes, Denis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Correlation analysis; ENSO; Principal components analysis; Rainfall variability; SST

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (SST); SLIDING CORRELATIONS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX (SOI);

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TROPICAL REGION;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33845536240     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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