Interdecadal modulation of the relationship between ENSO, IPO and precipitation: Insights from tree rings in Australia

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-73

  Heinrich, Ingo ^a,b   Weidner, Kathrin ^b   Helle, Gerhard ^b   Vos, Heinz ^c   Lindesay, Janette ^a   Banks, John C G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; Dendroclimatology; ENSO; Precipitation; Rainforest; Toona ciliata

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFOREST; TREE RING; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; TOONA CILIATA;

EID: 67349264059     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-009-0544-5     Document Type: Article

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