Recent frequency component changes in interannual climate variability

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Peel, Murray C ^a   McMahon, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RURAL AREAS; THERMAL EFFECTS; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; RURAL STATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RURAL SOCIETY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN SITE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 33845639560     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025670     Document Type: Article

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