Relationship between the October–December rainfall in Tanzania and the Walker circulation cell over the Indian Ocean

Like most of the countries in the Great Horn of Africa, Tanzania is prone to floods and droughts. Anomalously wet years over the region are associated with low-level convergence, the advection of moisture from both the Indian Ocean and the Congo and an ascending limb of the Walker circulation cell c...

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Main Authors: Paul Tilwebwa Shelleph Limbu, Guirong Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2019-12-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2019/0939