Author:Bopape, Mary-Jane M; Engelbrecht, F; Randall, D; Landman, WDate:01 Sep 2010The eastern part of South Africa is a summer rainfall region, and most of its rainfall is of convective origin. Convective rainfall is often associated with hail, lightning and tornadoes – all of which can damage property and cause casualties, ...Read more
Author:Bopape, Mary-Jane M; Engelbrecht, F; Randall, D; Landman, WDate:Sep 2010The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research is developing a nonhydrostatic sigma coordinate model (NSM). This model will be used to simulate nonhydrostatic processes to help meteorologists better understand and forecast convective ...Read more
Author:Bopape, Mary-Jane M; Engelbrecht, FDate:Sep 2011A nonhydrostatic sigma coordinate model (NSM) is currently being developed at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), using the equation set of Engelbrecht et. al. (2007), for purposes of simulating weather at spatial ...Read more