Southeastern Australian climate variability 1860-2009: A multivariate analysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1928-1944

  Ashcroft, Linden ^a   Karoly, David John ^a   Gergis, Joëlle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

19th century; Climate; Climate variability; ENSO; Historical data; IOD; Southeastern Australia

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

19TH CENTURY; CLIMATE; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ENSO; HISTORICAL DATA; IOD; SOUTH-EASTERN AUSTRALIA;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TELECONNECTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84899485245     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3812     Document Type: Article

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