The use of a multifactor Southern Oscillation Index for the estimation of annual hailstorm frequencies in the Sydney area

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 841-858

  Kuhnel, Ivan ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAIL; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNE;

EID: 0032580994     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980630)18:8<841::AID-JOC284>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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