Australian rainfall patterns and the southern oscillation. 1. A continental perspective

Pacific Conservation Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 28-48

  Vines, R G ^a   Noble, J C ^a   Marsden, S G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological cycles; El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Filter analysis; Luni solar cycle; Rainfall patterns

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

EID: 3843081963     PISSN: 10382097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/pc040028     Document Type: Article

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