Sub-daily rainfall events in an arid environment with marked climate variability: Variation among wet and dry years at Fowlers Gap, New South Wales, Australia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 23-30

  Dunkerley, David ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ENSO; Event profile; Fowlers gap; Rainfall event

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 84877914661     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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