Seasonal climate Summary southern hemisphere (autumn 2011): One of the strongest la Niña events on record begins to decline

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-50

  Tobin, S ^a   Skinner, T C L ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; RAINFALL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84863228464     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6201.005     Document Type: Article

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