Multidecadal variability of eastern Australian dust and northern New Zealand sunshine: Associations with pacific climate system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Lamb, Peter J ^a   Leslie, Lance M ^a   Timmer, Reed P ^a   Speer, Milton S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC DUST; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE SYSTEM; COMPOSITE MAPS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUST FREQUENCIES; DUST OSCILLATIONS; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTRATROPICAL; GLOBAL SOURCES; LARGE REGIONS; LOW-LEVEL WINDS; MULTIDECADAL VARIABILITY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH PACIFIC; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; RAINFALL RATES; SEA-SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE; SOUTH PACIFIC CONVERGENCE ZONES; SUNSHINE DURATION; TIME-SCALES;

DUST;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; AIRFLOW; CORRELATION; DUST; LATITUDE; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 68249102553     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011184     Document Type: Article

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