Southern Africa summer drought and heat waves: Observations and coupled model behavior

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 6033-6046

  Lyon, Bradfield ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; CLIMATE PROJECTION; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; COUPLED MODEL INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT; COUPLED MODELS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEAT WAVES; LAND AREAS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; O-CONDITIONS; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; SUMMER DROUGHTS; THREE MODELS;

COMPETITION; DROUGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARID REGION; COUPLING; DROUGHT; EL NINO; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TREND ANALYSIS;

SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 77649284207     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3101.1     Document Type: Article

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