Interannual variability and controls of the Sydney wave climate

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1322-1335

  Harley, Mitchell D ^a   Turner, Ian L ^a   Short, Andrew D ^b   Ranasinghe, Roshanka ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change Newcastle   (Australia)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

El N no Southern oscillation; ERA 40; Southeastern Australia; Southern annular mode; Wave climate

Indexed keywords

AUSTRAL SUMMERS; AUSTRAL WINTER; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL EMBAYMENTS; DATA SETS; HIGH DEGREE OF VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; REANALYSIS; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; STORM EVENTS; SYDNEY , AUSTRALIA; WAVE CLIMATES; WAVE DIRECTION; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MEASUREMENT; WAVERIDER;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; ATMOSPHERIC WAVE; BUOY SYSTEM; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DATA SET; EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; STORM; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE PROPAGATION; WESTERLY;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 77954853251     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1962     Document Type: Article

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