Coping With Climate Variability
Subtitle: The Use of Seasonal Climate Forecasts in Southern Africa (Ashgate Studies in Environmental Policy and Practice)
Contributors: Karen O'Brien (Editor); Coleen Vogel (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780754617662
Subjects: African studies; Climatology; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Nature; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; Science; Weather; Science/Mathematics; Southern Africa; Precipitation variability; Arid regions agriculture; General; Africa, Southern; Long-range weather forecasting
First sentence: The weather and climate over southern Africa is highly variable, with extreme events such as droughts and floods frequent occurrences.