Sudden temperature changes in the Sydney Basin: Climatology and case studies during the Olympic months of September and October

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 417-441

  Buckley, Bruce W ^a   Leslie, Lance M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; High resolution numerical modelling; Maximum temperature; Maximum temperature change climatology; Sydney

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY;

EID: 0034732216     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(20000330)20:4<417::AID-JOC469>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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