Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in Africa under global warming. Part I: Southern Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 3819-3837

  Shongwe, Mxolisi E ^a,e   Van Oldenborgh, G J ^a   Van Den Hurk, B J J M ^a   De Boer, B ^b   Coelho, C A S ^c   Van Aalst, M K ^d  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^d Red Cross/Red Crescent Climate Centre   (Netherlands)

^e Swaziland National Meteorological Service   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SPRING; AUSTRAL SUMMERS; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERALIZED PARETO DISTRIBUTIONS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; INDIAN OCEAN; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MEAN PRECIPITATION; MODEL SIMULATION; MOISTURE DEFICIT; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTI-MODEL; PARALLEL CHANGES; POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTIONS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; RADIATIVE FORCING; RAINY SEASONS; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; RETURN LEVEL; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SPATIAL SCALE; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CONTROL;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE FLUX; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIATIVE FORCING; SPATIAL VARIATION; THRESHOLD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 67849086612     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2317.1     Document Type: Article

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