Projected changes in mean and extreme precipitation in Africa under global warming. Part II: East Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 3718-3733

  Shongwe, Mxolisi E ^a,c   van Oldenborgh, Geert Jan ^a   van den Hurk, Bart ^a   van Aalst, Maarten ^b  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

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

^c SOUTH AFRICAN WEATHER SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Extreme events; Indian Ocean; Precipitation; Sea surface temperature; Statistical techniques; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; EXTREME EVENTS; INDIAN OCEAN; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DROUGHT; GLOBAL WARMING; OCEANOGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GLOBAL WARMING; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; WALKER CIRCULATION;

EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79960521848     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI2883.1     Document Type: Article

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