Australian temperature, Australian rainfall and the Southern Oscillation, 1910-1992: Coherent variability and recent changes

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 85-101

  Power, Scott B ^a   Tseitkin, Faina ^c   Torok, Simon ^b   Lavery, Beth ^c   Dahni, Robert ^c   McAvaney, Bryant ^c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032091225     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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