Landman, WATadross, MEngelbrecht, FArcher, Emma RMJoubert, A2012-04-192012-04-192011-11Landman, WA, Tadross, M, Engelbrecht, F, Archer, E.R.M. and Joubert, A. Seasonal forecasts: communicating current climate variability in southern Africa. Climate Risk and Vulnerability: a handbook for Southern Africa. CSIR, pp 23-27978-0-620-50627-4http://www.csir.co.za/docs/SADC%20Handbook%202011_final_email.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/5798Copyright: 2011 CSIR, South AfricaIn 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 seasonal time scale. Seasonal climate forecasts are defined as probabilistic predictions of how much rain is expected during the season and how warm or cool it will be, based primarily on the principle that the ocean (sea-surface temperatures) influences climate and weather. Forecasts are usually issued for a period of six months and suggest the total amount of rainfall expected over that period, but not the distribution of rainfall within that period or the initiation of the rainy season. Similarly, seasonal forecasts give guidance on the temperature regime most likely to dominate during a coming season.enSeasonal forecastsSouthern Africa seasonal rainfallSeasonal climate forecastsSouthern African Development CommunitySADCBook ChapterLandman, W., Tadross, M., Engelbrecht, F., Archer, E. R., & Joubert, A. (2011). Seasonal forecasts: Communicating current climate variability in southern Africa., <i>Workflow;8519</i> CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5798Landman, WA, M Tadross, F Engelbrecht, Emma RM Archer, and A Joubert. "Seasonal forecasts: communicating current climate variability in southern Africa" In <i>WORKFLOW;8519</i>, n.p.: CSIR. 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5798.Landman W, Tadross M, Engelbrecht F, Archer ER, Joubert A. Seasonal forecasts: communicating current climate variability in southern Africa.. Workflow;8519. [place unknown]: CSIR; 2011. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5798.TY - Book Chapter AU - Landman, WA AU - Tadross, M AU - Engelbrecht, F AU - Archer, Emma RM AU - Joubert, A AB - 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 seasonal time scale. Seasonal climate forecasts are defined as probabilistic predictions of how much rain is expected during the season and how warm or cool it will be, based primarily on the principle that the ocean (sea-surface temperatures) influences climate and weather. Forecasts are usually issued for a period of six months and suggest the total amount of rainfall expected over that period, but not the distribution of rainfall within that period or the initiation of the rainy season. Similarly, seasonal forecasts give guidance on the temperature regime most likely to dominate during a coming season. DA - 2011-11 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Seasonal forecasts KW - Southern Africa seasonal rainfall KW - Seasonal climate forecasts KW - Southern African Development Community KW - SADC LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 978-0-620-50627-4 T1 - Seasonal forecasts: communicating current climate variability in southern Africa TI - Seasonal forecasts: communicating current climate variability in southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5798 ER -