Australian rainfall patterns and the southern oscillation. 2. A regional perspective in relation to Luni-solar (Mn) and Solar-cycle (Sc) signals

Rangeland Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 349-359

  Vines, R G ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushfires; Drought; El NiO; Filter analysis; Rainfall cycles.

Indexed keywords

EID: 55149091556     PISSN: 10369872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RJ07025     Document Type: Article

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