Class information for:
Level 1: RECH CLIMATOL//TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS//INDIAN OCEAN SUBTROPICAL DIPOLE

Basic class information
Class id #P Avg. number of
references		 Database coverage
of references
11884 947 41.7 58%


Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Hierarchy of classes
The table includes all classes above and classes immediately below the current class.


Cluster id Level Cluster label #P
4 4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES//GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY//METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 1766162
4 3       METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES//JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES//ATMOSPHER SCI 167055
7 2             METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES//JOURNAL OF CLIMATE//INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 41983
11884 1                   RECH CLIMATOL//TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS//INDIAN OCEAN SUBTROPICAL DIPOLE 947

Terms with highest relevance score


rank Term termType Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 RECH CLIMATOL address 501599 5% 34% 46
2 TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS authKW 257942 1% 100% 8
3 INDIAN OCEAN SUBTROPICAL DIPOLE authKW 197485 1% 88% 7
4 GEOG GEOINFORMAT METEOROL address 194297 4% 17% 36
5 SHORT RAINS authKW 187590 1% 73% 8
6 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY journal 183135 16% 4% 151
7 CLIMATE SYST ANAL GRP address 160848 2% 23% 22
8 RAINFALL VARIABILITY authKW 106794 3% 12% 27
9 BELG authKW 103175 0% 80% 4
10 DRY SPELL FREQUENCY authKW 96728 0% 100% 3

Web of Science journal categories


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences 61123 71% 0% 671
2 Water Resources 2784 15% 0% 142
3 Geosciences, Multidisciplinary 518 10% 0% 91
4 Environmental Sciences 174 8% 0% 79
5 Oceanography 162 3% 0% 32
6 Geography 84 2% 0% 15
7 Geography, Physical 78 2% 0% 17
8 Engineering, Civil 59 3% 0% 27
9 Multidisciplinary Sciences 15 1% 0% 9
10 Remote Sensing 11 1% 0% 6

Address terms


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 RECH CLIMATOL 501599 5% 34% 46
2 GEOG GEOINFORMAT METEOROL 194297 4% 17% 36
3 CLIMATE SYST ANAL GRP 160848 2% 23% 22
4 CLIMATE HAZARDS GRP 96716 1% 33% 9
5 CLIMATE STUDIES MODELLING ENVIRONM HLTH 85978 0% 67% 4
6 UMR 5080 77376 1% 40% 6
7 SOIL CLIMATE WATER 69838 1% 17% 13
8 IGAD 64486 0% 100% 2
9 UMR CNRS 5080 64486 0% 100% 2
10 CLIMATOL GRP 59784 2% 12% 16

Journals


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class
1 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 183135 16% 4% 151
2 THEORETICAL AND APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY 43139 7% 2% 62
3 JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY 36366 2% 6% 18
4 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 33792 6% 2% 58
5 JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 29625 10% 1% 90
6 CLIMATE DYNAMICS 26571 6% 1% 57
7 WATER SA 19799 4% 2% 36
8 METEOROLOGY AND ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS 17711 3% 2% 30
9 CLIMATE RESEARCH 11415 2% 2% 22
10 HYDROLOGICAL SCIENCES JOURNAL-JOURNAL DES SCIENCES HYDROLOGIQUES 8603 3% 1% 25

Author Key Words


Rank Term Chi square Shr. of publ. in
class containing
term		 Class's shr. of
term's tot. occurrences		 #P with
term in
class		 LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 TROPICAL TEMPERATE TROUGHS 257942 1% 100% 8 Search TROPICAL+TEMPERATE+TROUGHS Search TROPICAL+TEMPERATE+TROUGHS
2 INDIAN OCEAN SUBTROPICAL DIPOLE 197485 1% 88% 7 Search INDIAN+OCEAN+SUBTROPICAL+DIPOLE Search INDIAN+OCEAN+SUBTROPICAL+DIPOLE
3 SHORT RAINS 187590 1% 73% 8 Search SHORT+RAINS Search SHORT+RAINS
4 RAINFALL VARIABILITY 106794 3% 12% 27 Search RAINFALL+VARIABILITY Search RAINFALL+VARIABILITY
5 BELG 103175 0% 80% 4 Search BELG Search BELG
6 DRY SPELL FREQUENCY 96728 0% 100% 3 Search DRY+SPELL+FREQUENCY Search DRY+SPELL+FREQUENCY
7 WAVELET EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS 96728 0% 100% 3 Search WAVELET+EMPIRICAL+ORTHOGONAL+FUNCTION+ANALYSIS Search WAVELET+EMPIRICAL+ORTHOGONAL+FUNCTION+ANALYSIS
8 SOUTHERN AFRICA 74405 6% 4% 55 Search SOUTHERN+AFRICA Search SOUTHERN+AFRICA
9 AFRICAN RAINFALL 73274 1% 45% 5 Search AFRICAN+RAINFALL Search AFRICAN+RAINFALL
10 CAPE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA 64486 0% 100% 2 Search CAPE+SOUTH+COAST+OF+SOUTH+AFRICA Search CAPE+SOUTH+COAST+OF+SOUTH+AFRICA

Core articles
The table includes core articles in the class. The following variables is taken into account for the relevance score of an article in a cluster c:
(1) Number of references referring to publications in the class.
(2) Share of total number of active references referring to publications in the class.
(3) Age of the article. New articles get higher score than old articles.
(4) Citation rate, normalized to year.


Rank Reference # ref.
in cl.		 Shr. of ref. in
cl.		 Citations
1 NASH, DJ , GRAB, SW , (2010) "A SKY OF BRASS AND BURNING WINDS": DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE OF RAINFALL VARIABILITY IN THE KINGDOM OF LESOTHO, SOUTHERN AFRICA, 1824-1900.CLIMATIC CHANGE. VOL. 101. ISSUE 3-4. P. 617 -653 45 80% 13
2 YUAN, CX , TOZUKA, T , LANDMAN, WA , YAMAGATA, T , (2014) DYNAMICAL SEASONAL PREDICTION OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN SUMMER PRECIPITATION.CLIMATE DYNAMICS. VOL. 42. ISSUE 11-12. P. 3357-3374 44 66% 0
3 ENGELBRECHT, CJ , LANDMAN, WA , (2016) INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY OF SEASONAL RAINFALL OVER THE CAPE SOUTH COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA AND SYNOPTIC TYPE ASSOCIATION.CLIMATE DYNAMICS. VOL. 47. ISSUE 1-2. P. 295 -313 34 74% 1
4 MASON, SJ , JURY, MR , (1997) CLIMATIC VARIABILITY AND CHANGE OVER SOUTHERN AFRICA: A REFLECTION ON UNDERLYING PROCESSES.PROGRESS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. VOL. 21. ISSUE 1. P. 23 -50 74 53% 109
5 CHEN, CJ , GEORGAKAKOS, AP , (2015) SEASONAL PREDICTION OF EAST AFRICAN RAINFALL.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. VOL. 35. ISSUE 10. P. 2698 -2723 37 65% 1
6 WASHINGTON, R , PRESTON, A , (2006) EXTREME WET YEARS OVER SOUTHERN AFRICA: ROLE OF INDIAN OCEAN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. VOL. 111. ISSUE D15. P. - 46 52% 149
7 TOZUKA, T , ABIODUN, BJ , ENGELBRECHT, FA , (2014) IMPACTS OF CONVECTION SCHEMES ON SIMULATING TROPICAL-TEMPERATE TROUGHS OVER SOUTHERN AFRICA.CLIMATE DYNAMICS. VOL. 42. ISSUE 1-2. P. 433-451 38 61% 3
8 LYON, B , (2014) SEASONAL DROUGHT IN THE GREATER HORN OF AFRICA AND ITS RECENT INCREASE DURING THE MARCH MAY LONG RAINS.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE. VOL. 27. ISSUE 21. P. 7953 -7975 40 51% 17
9 GITAU, W , CAMBERLIN, P , OGALLO, L , OKOOLA, R , (2015) OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC LINKAGES WITH SHORT RAINFALL SEASON INTRASEASONAL STATISTICS OVER EQUATORIAL EASTERN AFRICA AND THEIR PREDICTIVE POTENTIAL.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. VOL. 35. ISSUE 9. P. 2382 -2399 38 58% 2
10 CRETAT, J , RICHARD, Y , POHL, B , ROUAULT, M , REASON, C , FAUCHEREAU, N , (2012) RECURRENT DAILY RAINFALL PATTERNS OVER SOUTH AFRICA AND ASSOCIATED DYNAMICS DURING THE CORE OF THE AUSTRAL SUMMER.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY. VOL. 32. ISSUE 2. P. 261 -273 30 77% 11

Classes with closest relation at Level 1


Rank Class id link
1 8285 WEST AFRICAN MONSOON//AFRICAN EASTERLY WAVES//SAHEL
2 7213 SEASONAL FORECASTING//CLIMATE PREDICT//JOURNAL OF CLIMATE
3 18650 LAND OURCES MANAGEMENT ENVIRONM PROTECT//LAND OURCE MANAGEMENT ENVIRONM PROTECT//ETHIOPIA
4 4661 INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE//BAY OF BENGAL//ARABIAN SEA
5 9536 TROPICAL ATLANTIC//TROPICAL ATLANTIC VARIABILITY//CARIBBEAN LOW LEVEL JET
6 15047 AUSTRALIAN METEOROLOGICAL MAGAZINE//AUSTRALIAN METEOROLOGICAL AND OCEANOGRAPHIC JOURNAL//AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL
7 8520 SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE-SUID-AFRIKAANSE TYDSKRIF VIR SEEWETENSKAP//SOUTHERN BENGUELA//AFRICAN JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
8 13322 IPBES//SCIENCE POLICY INTERFACE//CLIMATE FORECASTS
9 14901 HYRAX MIDDEN//ARID ENVIRONM SYST GRP//ROCK HYRAX MIDDENS
10 10466 AFRICAN HUMID PERIOD//LIMNOL UNIT//MARINE PALYNOLOGY

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