Spatial trends in synoptic rainfall in southern Australia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 3781-3785

  Risbey, James S ^a   Pook, Michael J ^a   McIntosh, Peter C ^a  

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

Author keywords

synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

ALPINE REGIONS; AUSTRALIA; FRONTAL SYSTEM; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL CHANGES; SPATIAL TRENDS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; SEASON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 84880896738     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50739     Document Type: Article

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