Relationships between Antarctic sea-ice and South African winter rainfall

Climate Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-193

  Blamey, R ^a   Reason, C J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antarctic sea ice; South African climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; JETS; MOISTURE; RAIN; SEA ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; COLD FRONT; CORRELATION; JET; MOISTURE FLUX; RAINFALL; SEA ICE; STORM TRACK; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 36348937719     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr033183     Document Type: Article

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