Indian ocean dipole overrides ENSO's influence on cool season rainfall across the Eastern seaboard of Australia

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3816-3826

  Pepler, A ^a,b   Timbal, B ^a   Rakich, C ^a   Coutts Smith, A ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES;

AUSTRALIA; COOL SEASONS; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLE; INDIAN OCEAN DIPOLES; INFLUENCE OF ENSO; ONSHORE WINDS; SOUTHEAST AUSTRALIA; ZONAL WIND;

RAIN;

EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SPRING (SEASON); WINTER; ZONAL WIND;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT DIVIDING RANGE; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84900402016     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00554.1     Document Type: Article

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