El Nino/Southern Oscillation and Australian rainfall, streamflow and drought: Links and potential for forecasting

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 138-149

  Chiew, F H S ^a   Piechota, T C ^b   Dracup, J A ^a   McMahon, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

El Nino; Forecast; Rainfall; Southern Oscillation; Streamflow; Teleconnection

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION METHODS; DROUGHT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAIN; RUNOFF; STREAM FLOW; WATER RESOURCES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

HALPERT METHOD; LAND MANAGEMENT; ROPELEWSKI METHOD; TELECONNECTION; WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

HYDROLOGY;

DROUGHT; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENSO; FORECASTING; FORECASTING APPROACH; MODELLING APPROACH; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW; WATER RESOURCES;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032579575     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00121-2     Document Type: Article

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