Climate characteristics over southern highlands Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMbululo, Yassin
dc.contributor.authorNyihirani, Fatuma
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-30T09:09:00Z
dc.date.available2021-04-30T09:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionJournal articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to examine the climate characteristic of southern highland Tanzania (Latitude 6°S - 12°S and Longitude 29°E - 38°E). The study findings reveal that rainfall over the region is linked with SST over the Indian Ocean, where warmer (cooler) western Indian Ocean is accompanied by high (low) amount of rainfall over Tanzania. During wet (dry) years, weaker (stronger) equatorial westerlies and anticyclone (cyclonic) anomaly over the southern tropics act to reduce (enhance) the export of equatorial moisture away from East Africa. The wettest (driest) season was found to be 1978/79 (1999/00) which can be classified as the severely wet (moderate drought). Two different modes of rainfall have been identified at time scale of 1.5 and 6 years which have been associated with the quasi biennial oscillation (QBO) and El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), respectively.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/3504
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherScientific Researchen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectClimate Characteristicsen_US
dc.subjectDominant Periodicity Modeen_US
dc.titleClimate characteristics over southern highlands Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4236/acs.2012.24039en_US

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