Australian winter circulation and rainfall changes and projections

International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 170-188

  Frederiksen, Carsten Segerlund ^a   Frederiksen, Jorgen Segerlund ^b   Sisson, Janice Maria ^a   Osbrough, Stacey Lee ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climatology; Modelling; Rainfall; Southern hemisphere; Storms

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BAROCLINIC INSTABILITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; CYCLOGENESIS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STORM TRACK; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84858840352     PISSN: 17568692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17568691111129002     Document Type: Article

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