Recurrent daily OLR patterns in the Southern Africa/Southwest Indian ocean region, implications for South African rainfall and teleconnections

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 575-591

  Fauchereau, Nicolas ^a   Pohl, B ^b   Reason, C J C ^a   Rouault, M ^a   Richard, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric convection; ClusterAnalysis; Rainfall variability; Scale interactions; Southern Africa and Southwest Indian Ocean; Tropical temperate troughs

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 58849126502     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0426-2     Document Type: Article

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