Spatial patterns of seasonal scale trends in extreme hourly precipitation in South Africa

Applied Geography

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 151-157

  Sen Roy, Shouraseni ^a   Rouault, Mathieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diurnal; Extreme; Precipitation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84873460655     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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