Nature and causes of protracted droughts in southeast Australia: Comparison between the Federation, WWII, and Big Dry droughts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Verdon Kidd, Danielle C ^a   Kiem, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; HYDROCLIMATIC; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TELECONNECTIONS;

OCEANOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DROUGHT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIVERSITY INDEX; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FORECASTING METHOD; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; TELECONNECTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 72049115485     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041067     Document Type: Article

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