Synchronicity of historical dry spells in the Southern Hemisphere

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2257-2264

  Verdon Kidd, D C ^a   Kiem, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; DROUGHT MANAGEMENT; MOST LIKELY; NEW ZEALAND; RAINFALL DEFICIENCY; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; TEMPORAL CONSISTENCY;

DROUGHT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; DRY SEASON; HISTORICAL RECORD; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PREDATION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNCHRONY; TREND ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 84902668904     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-2257-2014     Document Type: Article

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