Australian heavy-rain days and associated east coast cyclones: 1958-92

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 621-634

  Hopkins, Linda C ^a,b   Holland, Greg J ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COASTS; CYCLONES;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; COASTAL METEOROLOGY; CYCLONE; CYCLONES; DATA (1958-1992); HEAVY RAIN; HEAVY RAINFALL; RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER PATTERN;

AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC, (WEST);

EID: 0030769257     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0621:ahrdaa>2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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