An assessment of recent trends in Australian rainfall

Australian Meteorological Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 163-173

  Smith, Ian ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044281928     PISSN: 00049743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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