Climate change impacts and adaptation in South Africa

G Ziervogel, M New… - Wiley …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper we review current approaches and recent advances in research on climate
impacts and adaptation in South Africa. South Africa has a well‐developed earth system …

Advances and challenges in climate modeling

O Alizadeh - Climatic Change, 2022 - Springer
In spite of the chaotic nature of the atmosphere and involvement of complex nonlinear
dynamics, forecasting climate fluctuations over different timescales is feasible due to the …

[HTML][HTML] The 2015-19 multi year drought in the Eastern Cape, South Africa: it's evolution and impacts on agriculture

E Archer, J Du Toit, C Engelbrecht, MT Hoffman… - Journal of Arid …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Eastern Cape Province, and in particular, it's interior western Karoo region, has
long been subject to periodic droughts, with significant implications for it's agricultural sector …

Performance assessment of three convective parameterization schemes in WRF for downscaling summer rainfall over South Africa

SB Ratna, JV Ratnam, SK Behera, CJW Rautenbach… - Climate dynamics, 2014 - Springer
Austral summer rainfall over the period 1991/1992 to 2010/2011 was dynamically
downscaled by the weather research and forecasting (WRF) model at 9 km resolution for …

Severe climate-induced water shortage and extremes in Crete: A letter

IK Tsanis, AG Koutroulis, IN Daliakopoulos, D Jacob - Climatic Change, 2011 - Springer
Climate change is expected to have a significant impact on the hydrologic cycle, creating
changes in freshwater resources. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) …

Seasonal prediction and regional climate projections for southern Africa

ERM Archer, FA Engelbrecht, A Hänsler, W Landman… - 2018 - researchspace.csir.co.za
Temperatures over southern Africa have been increasing rapidly over the last fi ve decades,
at a rate of about twice the global rate of temperature increase. Further drastic increases, in …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding the use of 2015–2016 El Niño forecasts in shaping early humanitarian action in Eastern and Southern Africa

AST de la Poterie, WE Jjemba, R Singh… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Humanitarian organizations are increasingly interested in using seasonal forecasts to
prepare for and mitigate the impacts of potential disasters before they begin. El Niño …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal rainfall prediction skill over South Africa: one-versus two-tiered forecasting systems

WA Landman, D DeWitt, DE Lee… - Weather and …, 2012 - journals.ametsoc.org
Seasonal Rainfall Prediction Skill over South Africa: One- versus Two-Tiered Forecasting
Systems in: Weather and Forecasting Volume 27 Issue 2 (2012) Jump to Content Jump to Main …

ENSO and implications on rainfall characteristics with reference to maize production in the Free State Province of South Africa

ME Moeletsi, S Walker, WA Landman - Physics and chemistry of the earth …, 2011 - Elsevier
El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) plays an important role in the inter-annual variability of
rainfall in most parts of southern Africa. The effects of ENSO on the rainy season …

Interannual variability of seasonal rainfall over the Cape south coast of South Africa and synoptic type association

CJ Engelbrecht, WA Landman - Climate dynamics, 2016 - Springer
The link between interannual variability of seasonal rainfall over the Cape south coast of
South Africa and different synoptic types as well as selected teleconnections is explored …