Climate and weather factors modulating river flows in southern Angola

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 901-908

  Jury, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

African flood events; Angola namibia river flows; North atlantic oscillation

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; COMPOSITE PATTERN; CONTINENTAL SCALE; FLOOD EVENT; KALAHARI; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; LEADTIME; LOW-HIGH; NAMIBIA; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NORTH ATLANTIC; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; RIVER FLOW; SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTH ATLANTIC; SUBTROPICAL JET; THERMODYNAMIC FIELDS; WAVE TRAIN; WEATHER FACTORS; ZONAL WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; FLOODS; OSCILLATING FLOW; PLANNING; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

RIVERS;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOSTROPHIC FLOW; JET STREAM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; RIVER FLOW; RUNOFF; SEA BREEZE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

ANGOLA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NAMIBIA; OKAVANGO BASIN;

EID: 77951920069     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1936     Document Type: Article

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