Atypical influence of the 2007 la niña on rainfall and temperature in southeastern Australia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Gallant, Ailie J E ^a   Karoly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE VARIATION; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; INTERANNUAL; LA NINA; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DROUGHT; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRODUCTIVITY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; LA NINA; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 70349605310     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL039026     Document Type: Article

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