A historical perspective on Southeastern Australian rainfall since 1865 using the instrumental record

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1112-1129

  Timbal, B ^a   Fawcett, R ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL; DECADAL VARIABILITY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MILLENNIUM DROUGHTS; MONTHLY AVERAGE RAINFALLS; MONTHLY RAINFALLS; RAINFALL ANALYSIS; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

DROUGHT; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

RAIN;

DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84874881356     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00082.1     Document Type: Article

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