The ENSO-Australian rainfall teleconnection in reanalysis and CMIP5

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 44, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 2623-2635

  King, Andrew D ^a   Donat, Markus G ^a   Alexander, Lisa V ^a   Karoly, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Dynamics; El Ni o southern oscillation; Precipitation; Thermodynamics; Twentieth century reanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939881669     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2159-8     Document Type: Article

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