A review of historical tropical cyclone intensity in northwestern Australia and implications for climate change trend analysis

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-141

  Harper, Bruce A ^a   Stroud, Stan A ^b   McCormack, Michael ^c   West, Steve ^d  

^a Syst Eng Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b WOODSIDE ENERGY LTD   (Australia)

^c Consulting Meteorologist ^*  (Australia)

^d BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LITERATURE REVIEW; SAMPLING BIAS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 51949103766     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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