Moisture transport between the South Atlantic Ocean and southern Africa: Relationships with summer rainfall and associated dynamics

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-123

  Vigaud, Nicolas ^a   Richard, Y ^b   Rouault, M ^a   Fauchereau, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; JET FLOW; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE FLUX; MOISTURE TRANSFER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; WESTERLY; ZONAL FLOW; ZONAL WIND;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57049164853     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0377-7     Document Type: Article

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