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Tropical cyclones in the South-West Indian Ocean : intensity changes, oceanic interaction and impacts

Includes abstract. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-253). / This study investigates the climatology, intensification and ocean atmosphere interaction in relation to the passage of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the South-West Indian Ocean (SWIO). A Climatology of TCs in the SWIO including landfall in the area of Mozambique and Madagascar was developed for the 1952-2007 and 1980-2007 periods.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/11314
Date January 2008
CreatorsMavume, Alberto Francisco
ContributorsRouault, Mathieu, Lutjeharms, Johann R E, Brundrit, Geoff
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Science, Department of Oceanography
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis, Doctoral, PhD
Formatapplication/pdf

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