Monsoon surges, tropical cyclones and extreme rainfall events in NW Madagascar

Rainfall variability in NW Madagascar and the kinematics and thermodynamics of flood-producing weather systems affecting the region are examined. Daily rainfall in the austral summer are used to select 16 cases for the composite analysis of flood events in the period 1987-1992. In addition two cases...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nassor, Abdallah
Other Authors: Jury, Mark R
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21516