Trends in Australia's climate means and extremes: A global context

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Alexander, Lisa V ^a   Hope, Pandora ^b   Collins, Dean ^b   Trewin, Blair ^b   Lynch, Amanda ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34447282629     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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