The characteristics of seasonal-scale droughts in Australia, 1911-2009

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1658-1672

  Gallant, Ailie J E ^a,b   Reeder, Michael J ^b   Risbey, James S ^c   Hennessy, Kevin J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Climatology; Drought; Evaporation; Rainfall; Trends; Variability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; INTER-DECADAL VARIATIONS; MURRAY-DARLING BASIN; SEASONAL DROUGHTS; SOIL MOISTURE DISTRIBUTION; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; TRENDS; VARIABILITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; EVAPORATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DECADAL VARIATION; DROUGHT; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878799495     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3540     Document Type: Article

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