Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (spring 2004): Neutral conditions remain in the tropical Pacific and a warm spring across Australia

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 225-239

  Bettio, Lynette ^a   Watkins, Andrew B ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 29144484347     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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