Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (spring 2007): La Niña finally takes hold

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-268

  Hope, Pandora ^a   Watkins, Andrew B ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EL NINO; LA NINA; OZONE; PACK ICE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; DARLING BASIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 61849162773     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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