ENSO and Indian Ocean sea surface temperatures and their relationships with tropical temperate troughs over Mozambique and the Southwest Indian Ocean

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Manhique, A J ^a,b   Reason, C J C ^b   Rydberg, L ^c   Fauchereau, N ^b  

^a National Institute of Meteorology   (Mozambique)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Moisture fluxes; Mozambique; Rainfall variability; Sea surface temperature; Southern Hemisphere planetary waves; Tropical temperate troughs

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE FLUXES; MOZAMBIQUE; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONES; MOISTURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MOISTURE FLUX; PLANETARY WAVE; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHWEST); MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 78650376685     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2050     Document Type: Article

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