On the decoupling of the IODZM from southern Africa Summer rainfall variability

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 727-746

  Manatsa, Desmond ^a,b   Reason, Chris J C ^a   Mukwada, Geoffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

1997 Climate Shift; Indian Ocean Dipole zonal Mode; Southern Africa Rainfall Variability; Sub Tropical South Indian Ocean Anticyclone; Tropical Temperate Troughs

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE SHIFTS; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN; SOUTHERN AFRICA RAINFALL VARIABILITY; TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; TIME SERIES; TROPICS;

RAIN;

ANTICYCLONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WARMING;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTHERN AFRICA;

EID: 84859570324     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2306     Document Type: Article

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