ENSO, the IOD and the intraseasonal prediction of heat extremes across Australia using POAMA-2

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 1791-1810

  White, Christopher J ^a   Hudson, Debra ^b   Alves, Oscar ^b  

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

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

El Ni o Southern Oscillation; Extreme events; Heat waves; Indian Ocean Dipole; Intraseasonal forecasts; Predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889247227     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-2007-2     Document Type: Article

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