Synoptic influences on seasonal, interannual and decadal temperature variations in Melbourne, Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1372-1381

  Nicholls, Neville ^a   Uotila, Petteri ^a   Alexander, Lisa ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Annual cycle; Australia; Melbourne; Seasons; Synoptic; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY TEMPERATURES; FREQUENCY VARIATION; INTERANNUAL; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TEMPERATURE TRENDS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

CONFORMAL MAPPING; SEA LEVEL;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TREND ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77954836893     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1965     Document Type: Article

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