Major mechanisms of atmospheric moisture transport and their role in extreme precipitation events

L Gimeno, F Dominguez, R Nieto… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
We review the major conceptual models of atmospheric moisture transport, which describe
the link between evaporation from the ocean and precipitation over the continents. We begin …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing Late Quaternary precipitation and its source on the southern Cape coast of South Africa: A multi-proxy paleoenvironmental record from …

P Strobel, M Bliedtner, AS Carr, J Struck… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Quaternary climate history of South Africa and, in particular, potential
changes in atmospheric circulation have been subject to considerable debate. To some …

[HTML][HTML] The extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “heat” wave. Part I: observations and meteorological drivers

JD Wille, SP Alexander, C Amory, R Baiman… - Journal of …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
The Extraordinary March 2022 East Antarctica “Heat” Wave. Part I: Observations and
Meteorological Drivers in: Journal of Climate Volume 37 Issue 3 (2024) Jump to Content …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating climate models with an African lens

R James, R Washington, B Abiodun… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - journals.ametsoc.org
Evaluating Climate Models with an African Lens in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society Volume 99 Issue 2 (2018) Jump to Content Jump to Main Navigation Logo Logo Logo …

Circulation controls on southern African precipitation in coupled models: The role of the Angola low

C Munday, R Washington - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In southern Africa, models from the latest Coupled Model Intercomparison Project produce a
wide variety of rainfall climatologies. Differences between models in rainfall amount reach …

[HTML][HTML] South African drought, deconstructed

H Chikoore, MR Jury - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2021 - Elsevier
Drought is a slow onset, recurring and inevitable feature of South Africa's climate. This
research deconstructs the meteorological processes underlying drought and its impacts on …

The impact of ENSO on Southern African rainfall in CMIP5 ocean atmosphere coupled climate models

B Dieppois, M Rouault, M New - Climate dynamics, 2015 - Springer
We study the ability of 24 ocean atmosphere global coupled models from the Coupled
Model Intercomparison Project 5 (CMIP5) to reproduce the teleconnections between El Niño …

The Angola Low: relationship with southern African rainfall and ENSO

J Crétat, B Pohl, B Dieppois, S Berthou, J Pergaud - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
The main states of the Angola Low (AL) are identified using clustering analysis applied to
daily anomalous patterns of 700-hPa wind vorticity over Angola and adjacent countries from …

Drylines in southern Africa: Rediscovering the Congo air boundary

E Howard, R Washington - Journal of Climate, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Projected rainfall decline in southern Africa is likely to be highly sensitive to subtleties in the
local atmospheric circulation. In an effort to understand the regional circulation complexities …

Interannual to interdecadal variability of winter and summer southern African rainfall, and their teleconnections

B Dieppois, B Pohl, M Rouault, M New… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines for the first time the changing characteristics of summer and winter
southern African rainfall and their teleconnections with large‐scale climate through the …