Relationships between the El-Niño Southern Oscillation and spate flows in southern Africa and Australia

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1118-1128

  Whiting, Julian P ^a   Lambert, Martin F ^a   Metcalfe, Andrew V ^a   Adamson, Peter T ^a   Franks, Stewart W ^b   Kuczera, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zones; Climate variability; ENSO; Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation; IPO; Spates; Streamflow

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; FLOW; RIVER;

CLIMATE; RIVER FLOW;

AFRICA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 18944392342     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-8-1118-2004     Document Type: Article

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