The internal variability of the RegCM3 over South Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 505-520

  Kgatuke, Maryjane M ^a,b   Landman, W A ^a,b   Beraki, A ^a   Mbedzi, M P ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Internal variability; Intra seasonal forecasting; Regional climate modelling; Seasonal forecasting

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EL NIÑO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41449098483     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1550     Document Type: Article

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