Association between Australian rainfall and the Southern Annular Mode

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-121

  Meneghini, Belinda ^a   Simmonds, Ian ^a   Smith, Ian N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic Oscillation Index; Australian rainfall; Climate; Climate change; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Southern Annular Mode; Southern Hemisphere variability; Southwest Western Australian rainfall

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION INDEX; AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE VARIABILITY;

RAIN;

ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

EID: 33846554136     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1370     Document Type: Article

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