A new daily pressure dataset for Australia and its application to the assessment of changes in synoptic patterns during the last century

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1111-1126

  Alexander, Lisa V ^a,b   Uotila, Petteri ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^a   Lynch, Amanda ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; IN-SITU; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE PATTERNS; SEVERE STORMS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE STORM TRACKS; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRESSURE FIELD; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WINTER;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERTH [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77953680538     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JCLI2972.1     Document Type: Article

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