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How the International Research Institute for Climate and Society has contributed towards seasonal climate forecast modelling and operations in South Africa

Author: Landman, WA Date: Jun 2014 The production of seasonal forecasts on a routine basis in South Africa started in the early 1990s. Most of the modelling then was based on linear statistical approaches. The subsequent evolution of the seasonal forecasting enterprise in South ... Read more
Ocean-atmosphere coupled climate model development at SAWS: description and diagnosis

Author: Beraki, Asmerom F ; DeWitt, D ; Landman, WA ; Olivier, C Date: Sep 2011 This paper introduces the South African Weather Service's coupled ocean-atmosphere model. The paper also demonstrates the advances made in configuring an operational coupled ocean-atmosphere model in South Africa for seasonal forecast production. ... Read more
Origins of forecast skill of weather and climate events on verifiable time scales

Author: Landman, WA ; Landman, S Date: Jul 2012 Verification of weather and seasonal forecasts, as well as the statistical analysis of the spatial and temporal description of forecast and observed fields, are necessary to improve on our understanding of the capabilities of models to describe ... Read more
Seasonal forecasts for the Limpopo Province in estimating deviations from grazing capacity

Author: Maluleke, P ; Landman, WA ; Malherbe, Johan ; Archer, Emma RM Date: Nov 2018 Application of seasonal forecasts in agriculture has significant potential and realized utility. Other sectors that may also benefit from using seasonal forecasts include (but are not limited to) health, hydrology, water, and energy. This ... Read more
Seasonal forecasts of the SINTEX-F coupled model applied to maize yield and streamflow estimates over north-eastern South Africa

Author: Malherbe, Johan ; Landman, WA ; Olivier, C ; Sakuma, H ; Luo, J-J Date: Jul 2014 Forecasts of a Global Coupled Model for austral summer with a 1 month lead are downscaled to end-of-season maize yields and accumulated streamflow over the Limpopo Province and adjacent districts in northeastern South Africa through application ... Read more
Seasonal forecasts: communicating current climate variability in southern Africa

Author: Landman, WA ; Tadross, M ; Engelbrecht, F ; Archer, Emma RM ; Joubert, A Date: Nov 2011 In southern Africa, seasonal rainfall and temperature forecasts have been made for almost two decades already and these forecasts have been developed to improve the ability of users to cope with fluctuations in rainfall and temperatures on a ... Read more

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