Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (spring 2006): A weak El Niño in the tropical Pacific - Warm and dry conditions in eastern and southern Australia

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 203-214

  Qi, Lixin ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; DROUGHT; EL NINO; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; SEA SURFACE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 42149108446     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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