Trends in total rainfall, heavy rain events and number of dry days in Australia, 1910-1990

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1141-1164

  Suppiah, Ramasamy ^a   Hennessy, Kevin J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; PRECIPITABLE WATER; RAINFALL;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032431315     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199808)18:10<1141::AID-JOC286>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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