Impact of mid-Pacific Ocean thermocline on the prediction of Australian rainfall

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 317, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 104-122

  Ruiz, Jose Eric ^a   Cordery, Ian ^a   Sharma, Ashish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian rainfall; Crossvalidation; Forecasting; LEPS; Ocean heat content; Thermocline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL; CROSSVALIDATION; LEPS; OCEAN HEAT CONTENT;

RAIN;

FORECASTING METHOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; THERMOCLINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 28844482264     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.05.012     Document Type: Article

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