Relationship between rainfall and weather regimes in south-eastern Queensland, Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 979-991

  Wilson, L ^a   Manton, M J ^a   Siems, S T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Back trajectories; Climatology; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; BACK TRAJECTORIES; BRISBANE; BRISBANE AIRPORT; HYSPLIT MODEL; K-MEANS CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MOIST CONDITIONS; MOISTURE FLUXES; QUEENSLAND; RAINFALL DATA; WEATHER REGIMES;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TRAJECTORIES;

RAIN;

CLIMATOLOGY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MOISTURE FLUX; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TRAJECTORY; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84874782825     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3484     Document Type: Article

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