Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (summer 2007-08): Mature la Niña, an active MJO, strongly positive SAM, and highly anomalous sea-ice

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-393

  Wheeler, Matthew C ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; CLIMATE VARIATION; LA NINA; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA ICE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67649118826     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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