Influence of global-scale variability on the subtropical ridge over Southeast Australia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 24, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 6035-6053

  Cai, Wenju ^a   van Rensch, Peter ^a   Cowan, Tim ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; ENSO; Indian Ocean; Rainfall; Southern hemisphere

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA; AUSTRAL WINTER; AUSTRALIA; AUTUMN RAINFALL; ENSO; HIGH SURFACE PRESSURE; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; INTERANNUAL; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; LOCAL SCALE; LONG-TERM CHANGES; LONG-TERM TREND; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; RAINFALL DECLINE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEASONALITY; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING SEASON; SUBTROPICAL RIDGE; UPWARD TREND; WAVE TRAIN; WINTER RAINFALL;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OCEAN CURRENTS;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; AUTUMN; BAROTROPIC WAVE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; ROSSBY WAVE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPRING (SEASON); SUBTROPICAL REGION; WINTER;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 83755178225     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2011JCLI4149.1     Document Type: Article

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