Teleconnections and predictive characteristics of Australian seasonal rainfall

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2014, Pages 1381-1408

  Frederiksen, Carsten S ^a   Zheng, Xiaogu ^b   Grainger, Simon ^a  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Australian rainfall; Climatic noise; Climatic signal; Coupled modes of variability; Teleconnections

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MADDEN-JULIAN OSCILLATION; RAINFALL; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TELECONNECTION; TIME SERIES;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 84906774328     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1952-0     Document Type: Article

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