Rainfall mechanisms for the dominant rainfall mode over Zimbabwe relative to ENSO and/or IODZM

The Scientific World Journal

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Manatsa, Desmond ^a,b,c   Mukwada, Geoffrey ^d  

^a BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE EDUCATION   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ARTICLE; EL NINO; FORECASTING; PRECIPITATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL RAIN FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZIMBABWE; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; SEA; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; FORECASTING; HUMANS; METEOROLOGY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCEANS AND SEAS; PERCEPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; WEATHER; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84862319344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/2012/926310     Document Type: Article

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