Multi-decadal variability of rainfall and streamflow across eastern Australia

IAHS-AISH Publication

Volumn , Issue 296, 2005, Pages 42-52

  Verdon, Danielle C ^a   Wyatt, Adam M ^a   Kiem, Anthony S ^a,b   Franks, Stewart W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Climate variability; El Ni o Southern Oscillation (ENSO); Inter decadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO); Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO); Rainfall; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; FLOODS; SOLAR RADIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO); INTER-DECADAL PACIFIC OSCILLATION (IPO); PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION (PDO); STREAMFLOW;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; STREAMFLOW;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WORLD;

VICTORIA;

EID: 17444383152     PISSN: 01447815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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