Interdecadal changes in southern hemisphere winter storm track modes

Tellus, Series A: Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 599-617

  Frederiksen, Jorgen S ^a   Frederiksen, Carsten S ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; DECADAL VARIATION; JET STREAM; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TROPOSPHERE; ZONAL WIND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34548718204     PISSN: 02806495     EISSN: 16000870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2007.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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