Links between central west western australian rainfall variability and large-scale climate drivers

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2222-2246

  Fierro, Alexandre O ^a,b   Leslie, Lance M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN RAINFALL; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; OFFSHORE FLOWS; RAINFALL TRENDS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES; SOUTHERN ANNULAR MODE; SUMMER SEASON; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

COASTAL ZONE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INLAND SEA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876093892     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00129.1     Document Type: Article

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