Australian rainfall variability and change

Weather

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 66-72

  Nicholls, Neville ^a   Drosdowsky, Wasyl ^a   Lavery, Beth ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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EID: 0003045084     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1477-8696.1997.tb06274.x     Document Type: Article

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