A synoptic decomposition of rainfall over the Cape south coast of South Africa

CJ Engelbrecht, WA Landman, FA Engelbrecht… - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
A synoptic climatology is derived for the Cape south coast region of South Africa by
application of the self-organizing map (SOM) technique. The SOM is applied to average …

High-resolution model-projected changes in mid-tropospheric closed-lows and extreme rainfall events over southern Africa.

CJ Engelbrecht, FA Engelbrecht… - International Journal of …, 2013 - search.ebscohost.com
Mid-tropospheric closed-lows (cold-core cut-off lows and warm-core tropical lows) are
important rain producing weather systems for the southern Africa region. Over South Africa …

Dry spells, wet days, and their trends across Southern Africa during the summer rainy season

W Thoithi, RC Blamey… - Geophysical Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dry spell frequency and wet day occurrence during the summer rainy season across
southern Africa are examined using daily rainfall for 1982–2019. Evidence shows two sharp …

A 66-year tropical cyclone record for south-east Africa: temporal trends in a global context.

JM Fitchett, SW Grab - International Journal of Climatology, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
ABSTRACT This study investigates changes in the frequency and timing of tropical cyclone
landfalls over the south-west Indian Ocean during the last 66 years. Little is known about the …

Recent emergence of CAT5 tropical cyclones in the South Indian Ocean

JM Fitchett - South African Journal of Science, 2018 - scielo.org.za
The IBTrACS global best track data set endorsed by the World Meteorological Organization
provides a valuable global record of tropical cyclone genesis, track and intensity, and spans …

Moisture sources associated with heavy rainfall over the Limpopo River Basin, southern Africa

RS Rapolaki, RC Blamey, JC Hermes, CJC Reason - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
Moisture sources and pathways over the Limpopo River Basin (LRB) in southern Africa were
identified using the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) …

Rapid changes in the hydroclimate of southeast Africa during the mid-to late-Holocene

MS Humphries, KL Kirsten, TS McCarthy - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
The nature and cause of past changes in rainfall over southeast Africa are widely debated
and remain unresolved. Here we present a 5,700 year record of moisture balance in …

Recent droughts in the Kruger National Park as reflected in the extreme climate index

J Malherbe, IPJ Smit, KJ Wessels… - African Journal of Range …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Associated with the 2015/2016 El Niño, extreme drought occurred over the Lowveld of South
Africa. The area includes the Kruger National Park (KNP). Significant die-offs of a mega …

Relating changes in synoptic circulation to the surface rainfall response using self-organising maps

C Lennard, G Hegerl - Climate Dynamics, 2015 - Springer
The climate of a particular region is governed by factors that may be remote, such as the El
Nino Southern Oscillation or local, such as topography. However, the daily weather …

[BOOK][B] Climate change and tourism in southern Africa

J Saarinen, J Fitchett, G Hoogendoorn - 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
This book explores the nature of climate change in southern Africa, its impacts on tourism
and the resilience, adaptation and governance needs in various tourism operations and …