South Australian rainfall variability and climate extremes

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 477-493

  Evans, Alexander D ^a   Bennett, John M ^a   Ewenz, Caecilia M ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate extremes; Principle component analysis; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; ANTICYCLONE; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; CORRELATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOSONDE; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN (EAST); INDIAN OCEAN (SOUTHEAST); SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67849090469     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-008-0461-z     Document Type: Article

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