Extreme weather events in the Sneeuberg, Karoo, South Africa: a case study of the floods of 9 and 12 February 2011
Two destructive flood events occurred in rapid succession in the semi-arid Sneeuberg Mountains of the Karoo, South Africa in February 2011. The temporal and spatial characteristics of these two extreme events are examined in this paper through analysis of data from an unusually dense, and reliable,...
Main Authors: | Fox, R C, Rowntree, Kate |
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Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1004468 |
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