Attributing the driving mechanisms of the 2015–2017 drought in the Western Cape (South Africa) using self-organising maps

The Southwestern Cape (SWC) region in South Africa experienced a severe rainfall deficit between 2015–2017. The resulting drought caused the City of Cape Town to almost run out of water during the summer of 2017–2018. Using the self-organising maps approach, we identify and classify the synoptic cir...

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Main Authors: Romaric C Odoulami, Piotr Wolski, Mark New
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ace26f