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Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa

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dc.contributor.author Davis-Reddy, Claire L
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-02T10:08:25Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-02T10:08:25Z
dc.date.issued 2017-10
dc.identifier.citation Davis-Reddy, C.L. 2017. Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa. Climate risk and vulnerability: A handbook for Southern Africa, pp. 6-19 en_US
dc.identifier.isbn 978-0-620-76522-0
dc.identifier.uri https://www.csir.co.za/sites/default/files/Documents/SADC%20Handbook_Second%20Edition_full%20report.pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10069
dc.description Chapter published in Climate risk and vulnerability: A handbook for Southern Africa en_US
dc.description.abstract The body of work on historical climate trends has been steadily increasing during the last decade. Global mean annual temperatures have increased by 0.85°C since 1880 and are projected to increase by 0.3 to 2.5 °C by 2050, relative to the 1985-2005 climatological average (Stocker et al., 2013). Along with 1998 and 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are widely recognised as the warmest years on record. The regional distribution of temperature increases is not uniform, however, and some regions have experienced greater change than others. This chapter presents: An analysis of observed trends in land- and sea-surface temperatures as well as rainfall across southern Africa over the last five decades using gridded climate products (CRU TEMv4, CRU TS 3.2, and HadSST); Estimates of the rate of relative sea level rise around the southern tip of Africa. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher CSIR en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries Worklist;20343
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Climate variability en_US
dc.subject Rainfall en_US
dc.subject Extreme events en_US
dc.subject Sea level rise en_US
dc.subject Sea surface temperature en_US
dc.title Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa en_US
dc.type Book Chapter en_US
dc.identifier.apacitation Davis-Reddy, C. L. (2017). Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa., <i>Worklist;20343</i> CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10069 en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitation Davis-Reddy, Claire L. "Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa" In <i>WORKLIST;20343</i>, n.p.: CSIR. 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10069. en_ZA
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation Davis-Reddy CL. Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa.. Worklist;20343. [place unknown]: CSIR; 2017. [cited yyyy month dd]. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10069. en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Book Chapter AU - Davis-Reddy, Claire L AB - The body of work on historical climate trends has been steadily increasing during the last decade. Global mean annual temperatures have increased by 0.85°C since 1880 and are projected to increase by 0.3 to 2.5 °C by 2050, relative to the 1985-2005 climatological average (Stocker et al., 2013). Along with 1998 and 2010, 2014, 2015 and 2016 are widely recognised as the warmest years on record. The regional distribution of temperature increases is not uniform, however, and some regions have experienced greater change than others. This chapter presents: An analysis of observed trends in land- and sea-surface temperatures as well as rainfall across southern Africa over the last five decades using gridded climate products (CRU TEMv4, CRU TS 3.2, and HadSST); Estimates of the rate of relative sea level rise around the southern tip of Africa. DA - 2017-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Climate change KW - Climate variability KW - Rainfall KW - Extreme events KW - Sea level rise KW - Sea surface temperature LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 978-0-620-76522-0 T1 - Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa TI - Observed trends in climate over Southern Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10069 ER - en_ZA


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