Air mass and dynamic parameters affecting trade wind precipitation on the northeast Queensland tropical coast

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1357-1372

  Connor, G J ^a,c   Bonell, M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNESCO   (France)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Precipitation; Quantitative precipitation forecasting; Queensland; Rainfall; Regression analysis; Trade winds; Tropics

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; DYNAMIC PROPERTY; FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADE WIND; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032460677     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(1998100)18:12<1357::AID-JOC317>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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