Persistence characteristics of Australian rainfall anomalies

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 597-613

  Simmonds, Ian ^a   Hope, Pandora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate variability; Drought; ENSO; Persistence; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DROUGHT; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PERSISTENCE; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031450546     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199705)17:6<597::AID-JOC173>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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