Associations between rainfall variability in the southwest and southeast of Australia and their evolution through time

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1360-1371

  Hope, Pandora ^a   Timbal, Bertrand ^a   Fawcett, Robert ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Drivers; Linkages; Rainfall; Southeast Australia; Southwest australia; Variability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; EASTERN AUSTRALIA; INTERANNUAL; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; RAINFALL DECLINE; RAINFALL REGIME; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; RECORD VALUES; STORM TRACK; TIME-SCALES; WATER SHORTAGES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WINTER RAINFALL;

WATER SUPPLY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WATER AVAILABILITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77954858267     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1964     Document Type: Article

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