1. Editorial

   • Inge Dirmhirn

   EditorialNotes Pages: 1 - 1

2. Simulation of daily energy budget and mean soil temperatures at an arid site

   • A. D. Matthias

   OriginalPaper Pages: 3 - 17

3. Micrometeorological changes associated with vegetation removal and influencing desert formation

   • M. D. Novak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 25

4. Comparison of methods used in the measurement of precipitation and evaporation

   • R. D. Thompson
   • F. M. Shaw

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 32

5. Spatial variability of rainfall at an experimental station in Niger, West Africa

   • M. V. K. Sivakumar
   • J. L. Hatfield

   OriginalPaper Pages: 33 - 39

6. Frost risk mapping for landscape planning: A methodology

   • G. P. Laughlin
   • J. D. Kalma

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 51

7. Frequency and tracks of anticyclones and their effect on rainfall patterns over Zimbabwe

   • C. H. Matarira

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 66

8. West African palaeosynoptic patterns at the last glacial maximum

   • M. Peters
   • G. Tetzlaff

   OriginalPaper Pages: 67 - 79