Southern Africa-A Climatological Study.

Abstract

This report is a climatological study of Southern Africa, a region that comprises The Republic of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana, Madagascar and the southern parts of Mozambique, Angola, Zaire, and Zambia. After describing the geography and major meteorological features of the entire study area, the study discusses the major climatic controls of each of Southern Africa's six climatic 'commonality' regions in detail. Each 'season' is defined and discussed in considerable detail, to include typical weather, clouds, visibility, winds, precipitation, and temperature.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA289466

Entities

People

  • John W. Louer Iii
  • Joy L. Harding
  • Kathleen M. Traxler
  • Michael T. Gilford
  • Richard D. Arnold

Organizations

  • Air Force Technical Applications Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Birds
  • Boundary Layer
  • Climate Change
  • Geography
  • Heat Energy
  • Latent Heat
  • Meteorology
  • Oceanography
  • Ridges
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Surface Temperature
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • Transitions
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Climatology
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.