The role of East Coast Lows on rainfall patterns and inter-annual variability across the East Coast of Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1011-1021

  Pepler, Acacia ^a   Coutts Smith, Aaron ^a   Timbal, Bertrand ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian climate; East coast low; ENSO; Rainfall variability

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE; EAST COAST; EAST COAST LOWS (ECLS); ENSO; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; RAINFALL PATTERNS; RAINFALL VARIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY;

RAIN;

ANNUAL VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84900424290     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3741     Document Type: Article

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