Climate variability, climate change and the Australian snow season

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-185

  Nicholls, Neville ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; SNOWPACK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 29144499520     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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