Seasonal climate summary southern hemisphere (spring 2011): La Niña returns

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-192

  Cottrill, D A ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANOMALY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; LA NINA; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; NEW SOUTH WALES; NORTHERN TERRITORY; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84872023433     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6203.006     Document Type: Review

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