Seasonal and regional responses to changes in Australian soil moisture conditions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1105-1139

  Simmonds, Ian ^a   Hope, Pandora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032446368     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199808)18:10<1105::AID-JOC308>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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