1. High-frequency precipitation changes in southeastern Africa due to anthropogenic forcing.
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Rocha, Alfredo, Melo-Gonçalves, Paulo, Marques, Carlos, Ferreira, Juan, and Castanheira, José M.
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METEOROLOGICAL precipitation ,PRECIPITATION variability ,GREENHOUSE gases ,CLIMATE change ,PRECIPITATION normals ,RAINFALL ,THROUGHFALL ,WEATHER - Abstract
The article presents a study on high-frequency precipitation changes in southeastern Africa due to anthropogenic forcing. This study measures deviations in the precipitation regime over southeastern Africa simulated by two global climate models under present and future conditions as an effect of greenhouse gases anthropogenic forcing. It is also mentioned that the characteristics of precipitation episodes with duration of some days are likened in both simulations. Moreover, precipitation in the models is antecedently compared to precipitation data obtained from the ERA-40 reanalyses and the Climate Prediction Centre (CPC), Climate Prediction Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP).
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- 2008
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