The different impact of positive-neutral and negative-neutral ENSO regimes on Australian tropical cyclones

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 8008-8016

  Chand, Savin S ^a,c   Tory, Kevin J ^a   Mcbride, John L ^a   Wheeler, Matthew C ^a   Dare, Richard A ^a   Walsh, Kevin J E ^b  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RELATIVE VORTICITY; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

SEA LEVEL;

HURRICANES;

EL NINO; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TROPICAL CYCLONE; VORTICITY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84885339781     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00769.1     Document Type: Article

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