The changing nature of temperature extremes in Australia and New Zealand

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-35

  Chambers, L E ^a   Griffiths, G M ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b WeatherEye Limited   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT ISLAND; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TREND ANALYSIS; URBANIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 46449089335     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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