The changing nature of Australian droughts

Climatic Change

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 323-336

  Nicholls, Neville ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RAIN;

DROUGHT CONDITIONS; WARMING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1842430103     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CLIM.0000018515.46344.6d     Document Type: Article

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