A climatology of Australian severe thunderstorm environments 1979-2011: Inter-annual variability and ENSO influence

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-97

  Allen, John T ^a   Karoly, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatology; ENSO; Inter annual variability; Severe thunderstorms; Thunderstorm environments; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AVAILABLE POTENTIAL ENERGIES; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ENSO; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

THUNDERSTORMS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SEVERE WEATHER; THUNDERSTORM;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84891738447     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3667     Document Type: Article

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