The contribution of tropical cyclones to rainfall in northwest Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2689-2697

  Ng, Benjamin ^a   Walsh, Kevin ^a   Lavender, Sally ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Rainfall; Tropical cyclone

Indexed keywords

HURRICANES; RAIN GAGES; STORMS; TROPICS;

ANNUAL RAINFALL; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL REGIONS; COASTAL STATION; RAIN GAUGE DATA; RAINFALL TRENDS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

RAIN;

RAINFALL; RAINGAUGE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL CYCLONE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84938966392     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.4148     Document Type: Article

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