Relationships between climate variability, soil moisture, and Australian heatwaves

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 120, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 8144-8164

  Perkins, Sarah E ^a   Argüeso, Daniel ^a   White, Christopher J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84942198401     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD023592     Document Type: Article

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