The 1997/98 summer rainfall season in southern Africa. Part II: Model simulations and coupled model forecasts

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3802-3818

  Lyon, Bradfield ^a   Mason, Simon J ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; BOUNDARY FORCING; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATE MODEL; COUPLED MODELS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; INDIAN OCEAN; KEY FEATURE; MODEL SIMULATION; MOISTURE FLUXES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEASONAL FORECASTS; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN; STATIONARY WAVE PATTERNS; SUMMER RAINFALL; TIME-SCALE; WAVE TRAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; DROUGHT; OCEAN CURRENTS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE MODELING; DROUGHT; EL NINO; MOISTURE FLUX; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STANDING WAVE; SUMMER; TIMESCALE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67749137585     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2600.1     Document Type: Article

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