Regimes of the north Australian wet season

Journal of Climate

Volumn 22, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6699-6715

  Pope, Mick ^a   Jakob, Christian ^b   Reeder, Michael J ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD PATTERN; MONSOON ONSET; RADIOSONDE DATAS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; THERMODYNAMIC INFORMATION; TRADE WINDS; TWO-REGIME; WET SEASON; ZONAL WIND;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MONSOON; RADIOSONDE; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; THERMODYNAMICS; WET SEASON; WIND VELOCITY; ZONAL WIND;

AUSTRALIA; DARWIN; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 77649326342     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI3057.1     Document Type: Article

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