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Table 1
Summary of studies on observed temperature changes in Southern Africa
Author (s)
Temperature parameters analysed
Study Area
Conclusions
Monyela (2017)
Surface air temperature
South Africa
Summer drought in the complex South
African rainfall regime. However, there
was the inter-annual rainfall variability
in South Africa
Archer van Garderen (2017)
Surface air temperature
Southern Africa
Southern Africa’s seasonal rainfall and
temperatures are strongly linked to
ENSO (e.g. Climate driver of southern
African seasonal-to-inter-annual
variability
Lenton et al. (2017)
Surface air temperature
Southern Africa
Temperature swings to hit poor countries
hardest
During season with maximum insolation,
temperature variability increases by
~15% per degree of global warming in
Southern Africa
MacKellar et al. (2014)
Observed trends in maximum and
minimum temperature
South Africa
There is a clear signal of increased
temperatures since 1950
Maximum temperatures have increased
significantly throughout the country for
all seasons
Increases in minimum temperatures exist
for most of the country
Except central interior, where minimum
temperatures have decreased
significantly
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