A heavy rainfall event in northern Tasmania during 27 to 30 January 2004

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 151-166

  Fox Hughes, P ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; FLOODING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; WATER VAPOR;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 72549095910     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.5803.001     Document Type: Article

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