Frost in northeast Australia: Trends and influences of phases of the southern oscillation

Journal of Climate

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1896-1909

  Stone, Roger ^a,c   Nicholls, Neville ^b   Hammer, Graeme ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FROST; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; WEATHER FORECAST;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0030438387     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1996)009<1896:FINATA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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