A combined climate extremes index for the Australian region

Journal of Climate

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 6153-6165

  Gallant, Ailie J E ^a   Karoly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DATA SETS; DECADAL TIMESCALE; HIGH QUALITY; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; LAND AREAS; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; RAINFALL EXTREMES; TEMPERATURE EXTREMES; TROPICAL REGIONS; WET CONDITIONS;

CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATA SET; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 78650531716     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2010JCLI3791.1     Document Type: Article

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