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2019

ADISA, O.M., BOTAI, J.O., ADEOLA, A.M., HASSEN, A., BOTAI, C.M., DARKEY, D. AND TESFAMARIAM, E. 2019. Application of Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Maize Production in South Africa. Sustainability, 11(4), 1145, 17  pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11041145

ANDREWS, E., SHERIDAN, P.J., OGREN, J.A., HAGEMAN, D., JEFFERSON, A., WENDELL, J., ALASTUEY, A.,  ALADOS-ARBOLEDAS, L., BERGIN, M., EALO, M., GANNET HALLAR, A., HOFFER, A., KALAPOV, I., KEYWOOD, M., KIM, J., KIM, S-W., KOLONJARI, F., LABUSCHAGNE, C., LIN, N-H., MACDONALD, A., MAYOL-BRACERO, O.L., MCCUBBIN, I.B., PANDOLFI, M., REISEN, F., SHARMA, S., SHERMAN, J.P., SORRIBAS, M. and SUN, J. 2019. Overview of NOAA/ESRL’s Federated Aerosol Network. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(1), pp. 123-135. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0175.1

BOTAI, J.O., BOTAI, C.M., DE WIT, J.P., MUTHONI, M. AND ADEOLA, A.M. 2019. Analysis of Drought Progression Physiognomies in South Africa. Water, 11(2), 299, 21 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w11020299

DOMMERGUE, A., AMATO, P., TIGNAT-PERRIER, R., MAGAND, O., THOLLOT, A., JOLY, M., BOUVIER, L., SELLGRI, K., VOGEL, T., SONKE, J.E., JAFFREZO, J-L., ANDRADED, M., MORENO, I., LABUSCHAGNE, C., MARTIN, L., ZHANG, Q. AND LAROSE, C. 2019. Methods to Investigate the Global Atmospheric Microbiome. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 243, 12 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00243

Du PREEZ, D.J., AJTIĆ, J.V.,  BENCHERIF, H., BÈGUE, N., CADET,  J-M. AND WRIGHT, C.Y. 2019.  Spring and Summer Time Ozone and Solar Ultraviolet Radiation Variations over Cape Point, South Africa. Annales Geophysicae, 37(2), Mar, pp. 129–141. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-37-129-2019

MUNTHALI, M.G., BOTAI, J.O., Davis, N. AND ADEOLA, A.M. 2019. Multi-temporal Analysis of Land Use and Land Cover Change Detection for Dedza District of Malawi using Geospatial Techniques. International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, 14(5), pp. 1151-1162. https://www.ripublication.com/ijaer19/ijaerv14n5_16.pdf

MUNTHALI, M.G., DAVIS, N., ADEOLA, A.M., BOTAI, J.O., KAMWI, J.M., CHISALE, H.L.W. AND ORIMOOGUNJE, O.O.I. 2019. Local Perception of Drivers of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change Dynamics across Dedza District, Central Malawi Region.  Sustainability, 11(3), 832, 25 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11030832

SHIKWAMBANA, L., NCIPHA, X., MALAHLELA, O. E., MBATHA, N. AND SIVAKUMAR, V. 2019. Characterisation of Aerosol Constituents from Wildfires Using Satellites and Model Data: a Case Study in Knysna, South Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 40(12), pp. 4743-4761. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2019.1573338

STEIN, T.H.M., KEAT, W., MAIDMENT, R.I., LANDMAN, S., BECKER, E., BOYD, D.F.A., BODAS-SALCEDO, A., PANKIEWICZ, G. AND WEBSTER, S. 2019. An Evaluation of Clouds and Precipitation in Convection-Permitting Forecasts for South Africa. Weather and Forecasting, 34(1), Feb, pp. 233-253. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-18-0080.1

THOMPSON, A., SMIT, H., WITTE, J., STAUFFER, R., JOHNSON, B., MORRIS, G., VON DER GATHEN, P., VAN MALDEREN, R., DAVIES, J., PITERS, A., ALLAART, M., POSNY, F., KIVI, R., CULLIS, P.,  ANH, N.T.H., CORRALES, E., MACHININI, T., DA SILVA, F.,  PAIMAN, G., THIONG’O, K., ZAINAL, Z., BROTHERS, G., WOLFF, K., NAKANO, T., STÜBI, R., ROMANENS, G., COETZEE, G., DIAZ, J., MITRO, S., MOHAMAD, M. AND OGINO, S. 2019. Ozonesonde Quality Assurance: The JOSIE-SHADOZ (2017) Experience. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(1), Jan, pp. 155-171. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0311.1

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS/PAPERS/NEWSLETTER ARTICLES 2019

MORRIS, T., WIJFFELS, S. AND HERSH, C. 2019. Argo Reaches 2 million Profiles Globally! But what of the Indian Ocean?  International Indian Ocean Expedition: the Indian Ocean Bubble 210, Feb, pp. 8-10. https://iioe-2.incois.gov.in/documents/IIOE-2/Publications/IIOE-2-DOC_OM_114.pdf

2018

ABIODUN, G.J., NJABO, K.Y., WITBOOI, P., ADEOLA, A.M., FULLER, T.L., OKOSUN, K.O., MAKINDE, O.S. AND BOTAI, J. 2018. Exploring the Influence of Daily Climate Variables on Malaria Transmission and Abundance of Anopheles Arabiensis over Nkomazi local Municipality, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa. Journal of Environmental and Public Health, 2018, Art ID 3143950, 10 pp. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jeph/aip/3143950/

ADISA, O.M., BOTAI, J.O., HASSEN, A., DARKEY, D., ADEOLA, A.M., TESFAMARIAM, E., BOTAI, C.M. AND ADISA, A.T. 2018. Variability of Satellite Derived Phenological Parameters across Maize Producing Areas of South Africa. Sustainability, 10(9), 3033, 20 pp. p://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10093033

ALIYU, Y.A. AND BOTAI, J.O. 2018. Appraising the Effects of Atmospheric Aerosols and Ground Particulates Concentrations on GPS-derived PWV Estimates. Atmospheric Environment, 193, Nov, pp. 24–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.09.001

ALIYU, Y.A. AND BOTAI, J.O. 2018. An Exposure Appraisal of Outdoor Air Pollution on the Respiratory Well-being of a Developing City Population. Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health8(1/2), Dec, pp.91-100. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/j.jegh.2018.04.002

ALIYU, Y.A. AND BOTAI, J.O. 2018. Reviewing the Local and Global Implications of Air Pollution Trends in Zaria, Northern Nigeria. Urban Climate26, Dec, p. 51-59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.uclim.2018.08.008

AMILLO, A.G., NTSANGWANE, L., HULD, T. AND TRENTMANN, J. 2018. Comparison of Satellite-Retrieved High-Resolution Solar Radiation Datasets for South Africa. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 29(2), May, pp. 63-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2017/v29i2a3376 ; https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3376

BOTAI, C.M., BOTAI, J.O. AND ADEOLA, A.M.  2018. Spatial Distribution of Temporal Precipitation Contrasts in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 114(7/8), Jul/Aug, Art# 2017-0391, 9 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/20170391

BOTHA, R., LABUSCHAGNE, C., WILLIAMS, A.G., BOSMAN, G., BRUNKE, E.-G., ROSSOUW A. AND LINDSAY, R. 2018. Radon-222 Measurements at Cape Point: a Characterization of a 15-Year Time Series. Clean Air Journal= Tydskrif vir Skoon Lug, 28(2), Nov/Dec, pp. 19-20. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2410-972X/2018/v28n2a11

DE VOS, M.,  BACKEBERG, B. AND COUNILLON, F. 2018. Using an Eddy-Tracking Algorithm to Understand the Impact of Assimilating Altimetry Data on the Eddy Characteristics of the Agulhas System. Ocean Dynamics, 68(9), Sep, pp. 1071-1091. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-018-1174-4

EFSTATHIOU, G.A., PLANT, R.S. AND BOPAPE, M.M. Simulation of an Evolving Convective Boundary Layer Using a Scale-Dependent Dynamic Smagorinsky Model at Near Grey-Zone Resolutions . Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57(9), Sep, pp. 2197-2214. https://journals.ametsoc.org/doi/pdf/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0318.1

JISKRA, M., SONKE, J.E., OBRIST, D., BIESER, J., EBINGHAUS, R.,  LUND MYHRE, C., PFAFFHUBER, K.A., WÄNGBERG, I., KYLLÖNEN, K., WORTHY, D., MARTIN, L.G., LABUSCHAGNE, C., MKOLOLO, T.,  RAMONET, M., MAGAND, O.,  DOMMERGUE, A. 2018. A Vegetation Control on Seasonal Variations in Global Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations. Nature Geoscience, 11(4), Apr, pp. 244-250. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41561-018-0078-8

KRUGER, A.C. 2018. Africa and the Paris Agreement. Nature Climate Change, 8, May, pp. 365-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0146-5 ; Springer Nature SharedIt link

KUYPER, B., PALMER, C. J., LABUSCHAGNE, C., and REASON, C. J. C. 2018. Atmospheric Bromoform at Cape Point, South Africa: an Initial Fixed-point Data Set on the African Continent. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(8), Apr, pp. 5785-5797. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-5785-2018

LABUSCHAGNE, C. 2018. Research brief: Leaf Uptake of Mercury Lowers Air Pollution. Clean Air Journal, 28(1), May/Jun, pp. 11-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2410-972X/2018/v28n1a5

LABUSCHAGNE, C., KUYPER, B., BRUNKE, E-G., MOKOLO, T., VAN DER SPUY, D., MARTIN, L., MBAMBALALA, E., PARKER, B., KHAN, M.A.H., DAVIES-COLEMAN, M.T., SHALLCROSS, D.E. AND JOUBERT, W. 2018.  A Review of Four Decades of Atmospheric Trace Gas Measurements at Cape Point, South Africa, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 73(2), pp. 113-132. https://doi.org/10.1080/0035919X.2018.1477854

MAFANYA, M., TSELE, P., BOTAI, J.O., MANYAMA, P., CHIRIMA, G.J. AND MONATE, T. 2018. Radiometric Calibration Framework for Ultra-High-Resolution UAV-derived Orthomosaics for Large Scale Mapping of Invasive Alien Plants in Semi-Arid Woodlands: Harrisia pomanensis as a Case Study. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 39(15/16), p. 5119-5140. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2018.1490503

MAJODINA, M., BOTAI, J.O. AND RAUTENBACH, H. 2018. The Vulnerability of the South African Electricity Transmission Network Infrastructure to Weather and Climate: a Review. Journal of Energy in Southern Africa, 29(4), Nov, pp. 51-59. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3051/2018/v29i4a4748

MUNGHEMEZULU, C., COMBRINCK, L. AND BOTAI, O.J. 2018. A Case Study of the Application of GPS to Lunar Laser Ranging Timing Systems. Journal of Applied Geodesy, 12(4), pp. 279-287  https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jag-2018-0006

NCIPHA, X.G. AND SIVAKUMAR, V. 2018. Study on Carbon Dioxide Atmospheric Distribution over the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands Using Satellite Data: Part 2 – the Influence of Meteorology and Air Transportation. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 179, Nov, pp. 580-590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.07.018

NCIPHA, X.G., SIVAKUMAR, V., RAKOTONDRAOMPIANA, S. AND BENCHERIF, H. 2018.  Study on Carbon Dioxide Atmospheric Distribution over the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands Using Satellite Data: Part 1 – Climatology and seasonal results. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 179, Nov, pp. 569-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2018.07.017

NDARANA, T., BOPAPE, M., WAUGH, D. AND DYSON, L. 2018. The Influence of the Lower Stratosphere on Ridging Atlantic Ocean Anticyclones over South Africa.  Journal of Climate, 31(15), Aug, p. 6175-6187. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0832.1

NICKLESS, A., RAYNER, P.J., ENGELBRECHT, F., BRUNKE, E.-G., ERNI, B. AND SCHOLES, R.J. 2018. Estimates of CO2 Fluxes over the City of Cape Town, South Africa, through Bayesian Inverse Modelling. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 18(7), Apr, pp. 4765-4801, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-4765-2018

NSUBUGA, F.W. and RAUTENBACH, H. 2018. Climate Change and Variability: a Review of what is Known and Ought to be Known for Uganda.  International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, 10(5), pp. 752-771. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCCSM-04-2017-0090

NSUBUGA, F.N.W., MEARNS, K.F., ADEOLA, A.M. 2018. Lake Sibayi Variations in Response to Climate Variability in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Early view, 13 pp. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-018-2640-0

RAUTENBACH, C. AND THERON, A.K. 2018. Study of the Durban Bight Shoreline Evolution under Schematised Climate Change and Sand-Bypassing Scenarios. Journal of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 60(4), Dec, pp. 2–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2309-8775/2018/v60n4a1

TSHEHLA, C. AND DJOLOV, G. 2018. Source Profiling, Source Apportionment and Cluster Transport Analysis to Identify the Sources of PM and the Origin of Air masses to an Industrialised Rural Area in Limpopo. Clean Air Journal= Tydskrif vir Skoon Lug, 28(2), Nov/Dec, pp. 54-66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2410-972X/2018/v28n2a18

TSIDU, G.M., KRUGER, A.C. AND MCBRIDE, C. 2018.  Southern Africa [in "State of the Climate in 2017"]. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society99(8), S217-S220. https://dx.doi.org/10.1175/2017BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 / https://www.ametsoc.net/sotc2017/StateoftheClimate2017_hires.pdf

VAN DER MESCHT, D. AND GELDENHUYS, M. 2018. Observations of Mountain Waves with Interference Generated by Coastal Mountains in South Africa. Meteorological Applications, Early view. https://doi.org/10.1002/met.1771

VATHER, T., EVERSON, C., MENGISTU, M. AND FRANZ, T. 2018. Cosmic Ray Neutrons Provide an Innovative Technique for Estimating Intermediate Scale Soil Moisture. South African journal of science, 114(7/8), Jul/Aug, Art# 2017-0422, 9 pp. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2018/20170422

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS/PAPERS/POSTERS/NEWSLETTER ARTICLES 2018

ADEOLA, A.M., ABIODUN, G.J., RAUTENBACH, H., BOTAI, J. AND ADISA, O. 2018. Rainfall Trends and Malaria Occurrences in Limpopo Province, South Africa, oral presentation at the 4th National Global Change Conference, 3-6 December  2018, Polokwane, South Africa, pp. 19. https://www.ul.ac.za/globalchange2018/FINAL PROGRAMME with Abstracts

BOPAPE, M-J., ENGELBRECHT, F., ABIODUN, B., BERAKI, A., McGREGOR, J., Ndarana, T., NTSANGWANE, L., PLANT, R., RANDALL, D.,RAUTENBACH, H., SITHOLE, H., SOVARA, M., WITI, J. 2018. Weather and Climate Numerical Models Development Programme in South Africa, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 1-4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

BOTAI, C.M., BOTAI, J.O. and DE WIT, J.P. 2018. Dependency Characteristics of Extreme Precipitation Indices in Flood-Prone Areas of Gauteng, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 33-35. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

DANIEL, S., MENGISTU, M. and MAKGOALE, T. 2018. Climate Change Impacts on Accumulated Winter Chill for the Western Cape, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 109-111. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

DE VOS, M. and RAUTENBACH, C. 2018. Coastal Marine Weather and Safety: Towards an Integrated Understanding for Marine Weather Services, in   the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 105-108. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

DU PREEZ, D.J. BÉGUE, N., BENCHERIF, H. and WRIGHT, C.Y. 2018.  An Exploratory Analysis of Low-Ozone Events During Spring and Summer Months over Cape Point, South Africa, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 59-62. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

ENGELBRECHT, C.J., LANDMAN, S., DYSON, L., MAAKE, R. AND MUTHAPHULI, W. 2018. Seasonal Rainfall Anomalies Over the All-Year and Winter Rainfall Regions of South Africa, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 142-145. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

FENSHAM, H.G., SCHUMANN, C., HUNT, H.G.P.,   TASMAN, J.D., NIXON, K.J., WARNER, T.A. AND GIJBEN, M. 2018. Performance Evaluation of the SALDN Using Highspeed Camera Footage of Ground Truth Lightning Events over Johannesburg, South Africa, in 34th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLIP), 2-7 September 2018, Rzeszow, Poland, 5 pp. https://www.sasec.org.za/documents/SASEC2018_proceedings.pdf

GELDENHUYS, M., VAN DER MESCHT, D. AND Dyson, L.L. 2018. Poor-Man’s Experimental Design: Measuring Wind and Turbulence in a Complex Environment, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 36-39. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

LANDMAN, S., OLIVIER, C. AND ENGELBRECHT, C., 2018: Analysis of the Atmospheric Conditions during 2014-2017 for the Winter Rainfall Season of South Africa; in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 92-95. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

LANDMAN, W.A., ENGELBRECHT, C. AND PHAKULA, S. 2018. On S2S in South Africa. S2S New Letter, No. 9, Jul, p. 7-8. http://s2sprediction.net/file/newsletter/Newsletter_No9.pdf

MABASA, M.B., BOTAI, J. AND NTSANGWANE, M.L. 2018. Update on the Re-establishment of the South African Weather Services (SAWS) Radiometric Network in all Six Climatological Regions and the Quality of the Data, in SASEC 2018: 5th Southern African Solar Conference, Proceedings, 25-27 June 2018, Durban, 8 pp. https://www.sasec.org.za/documents/SASEC2018_proceedings.pdf

MABASA, B., ZWANE, N., BOTAI, J. AND NTSANGWANE, L. 2018. A Quality Controlled and Validating Long Term Minute Solar Radiation Database at South African Weather Services (SAWS), presented at the SciDataCon- International Data Week (IDW 2018),  5-8 November 2018, in Gaborone, Botswana, 8 pp. https://www.scidatacon.org/IDW2018/sessions/251/poster/219/

MACHININI, T. AND COETZEE, G. 2018. Inter-Comparison of Total Column Ozone from Ozonesonde with the Dobson Spectrophotometer Measurements from Irene, South Africa: 2012 – 2017, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 129-132. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

MAKGOALE, T.E., GARLAND, R.M., BURGER, R.P., BOTAI, J., ENGELBRECHT, F. AND BAUER, S.E. 2018. The Sensitivity of Simulated Temperatures in Climate Models to Aerosols over Southern Africa, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 87-91. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

MAKGOALE, T., RAUTENBACH, H., BOTAI, J., BOTAI, C., ADEOLA, A. AND KRUGER, A. Historical and Projected Changes in Precipitation Extremes over Limpopo Province: Application of Reliability Ensemble Averaging Method for Uncertainty Quantification and Reliability Analysis, oral presentation at the 4th National Global Change Conference, 3-6 December  2018, Polokwane, South Africa, pp. 52. https://www.ul.ac.za/globalchange2018/FINAL PROGRAMME with Abstracts

MASITHELA, T., MENGISTU, M. AND BOTAI, J. 2018. Present and Future Variability of Heat Units for South Africa, , poster presentation at the 4th National Global Change Conference, 3-6 December  2018, Polokwane, South Africa, pp. 76. https://www.ul.ac.za/globalchange2018/FINAL PROGRAMME with Abstracts

MASITHELA, T., MOKGOALE, T., BOTAI, J. AND MENGISTU, M. 2018. Present and Future Variability of Heat Units for Mpumalanga Province, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 74-76. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

NCONGWANE, K., SIVAKUMAR, V., BOTAI, J., SITHOLE, S., BOTAI, C., ZWANE, N. AND ADEOLA, A. 2018. A Decade of Heat Stress Conditions over Gauteng Province, South Africa, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 154-157. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

RAUTENBACH, C., VEITCH, J., HERMES, J., AND REASON, C. 2018.  Interannual Variability Correlation between the Cape Point Wave Record and Large-Scale Climate Modes, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 137-141. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

SERAFINI, A.C.C., DU PREEZ, D.J., LANDMAN, W.A. AND WRIGHT, C.Y. 2018.  Exploring the Predictability of Lightning-caused Wildfires in the Western Cape, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 125-128. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

THOBELA, L.M.F. AND DYSON, L. 2018. The Influence of Thermal and Vorticity Advection on the Development of Continental Tropical Low-Pressure Systems over Southern Africa, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 146-153. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

THWALA, S., LANDMAN, S., GIJBEN, M. AND ENGELBRECHT, C.J. 2018: An Evaluation of a Ten-Year Lightning Variability Over the Western Cape Province, South Africa Using Weather Circulation Classification; in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito],pp.158-161.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

VERMEULEN, J.H. 2018. Five Minute to Yearly Record Highest Rainfalls for South Africa (excluding Lesotho) from 1860 to 2017, in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 96-100. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

ZWANE,  N., BOTAI, J. AND MADAKADZE, C. 2018. Integrating Small-Scale Farmer’s Perceptions to Past and Present Climate for Livelihood Analysis: a Case Study in Ntambanana Local Municipality, poster presentation at the 4th National Global Change Conference, 3-6 December  2018, Polokwane, South Africa, pp. 96. https://www.ul.ac.za/globalchange2018/FINAL PROGRAMME with Abstracts

ZWANE, N., MABASA, B., NCONGWANE, K. AND Botai, J. 2018. Verification of Site-Specific Processing System Using the Data Generated from the South African Weather Service Radiometric Stations: , in the 34th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Science, 20-21 September 2018, [La Montagne, Ballito], pp. 30-32. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDBe7PKAGn42N-feEm8K7o9QKZa81flt/view?usp=sharing

THESES

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