Linear and nonlinear statistical analysis of the impact of sub-tropical ridge intensity and position on south-east Australian rainfall

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 326-342

  Whan, Kirien ^a,b   Timbal, Bertrand ^c   Lindesay, Janette ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

Australia; CART; Classification trees; Rainfall; Sub tropical ridge

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CART; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLASSIFICATION TREES; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; SEASONAL PRECIPITATIONS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE;

TROPICS;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84893146026     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3689     Document Type: Article

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