The synoptic climatology of cool-season rainfall in the Central Wheatbelt of Western Australia

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-43

  Pook, Michael J ^a   Risbey, James S ^a   Mcintosh, Peter C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climate variability; Climatology; Cutoff lows; Fronts

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BLOCKING; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; CUT-OFF LOW; CUTOFF LOW SYSTEMS; DAILY RAINFALL; FRONTAL SYSTEM; FRONTS; GROWING SEASON; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LONG-TERM TREND; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER SYSTEMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; FRONTAL FEATURE; GROWING SEASON; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84855818637     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00048.1     Document Type: Article

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