Interannual variability in rainfall and wet spell frequency during the New South Wales sugarcane harvest season

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 144-152

  Everingham, Yvette L ^a   Reason, C J C ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agricultural impacts; Australia; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL IMPACTS; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GROWING REGIONS; HARVEST SEASON; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NEW SOUTH WALES; POSITIVE PRESSURE; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL RAINFALL; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA; TOTAL RAINFALL; WET SEASON;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HARVESTING; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; EXTREME EVENT; HARVESTING; RAINFALL; SUGAR CANE; WET SEASON;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 78650406868     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2066     Document Type: Article

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