Seasonal climate summary Southern hemisphere (winter 2011): A dry season in the lull between la Niña events

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Tobin, Skie ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WINTER;

ARABIAN SEA; AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EQUATORIAL); TASMANIA;

EID: 84866885338     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6202.005     Document Type: Review

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