Spatial variation in the duration of the rainy season in monsoonal Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1723-1732

  Cook, Garry D ^a   Heerdegen, Richard G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dry season; El Nino La Nina; ENSO; Monsoon; Northern Australia; Rainfall gradient; Tropical savannas; Wet season

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; RAIN; WETTING;

GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MONSOON; RAINFALL; SPATIAL VARIATION; WET SEASON;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035977162     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.704     Document Type: Article

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