The subtropical ridge in CMIP5 models, and implications for projections of rainfall in southeast Australia

Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 90-106

  Grose, Michael ^a   Timbal, Bertrand ^b   Wilson, Louise ^a   Bathols, Janice ^a   Kent, David ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84946749414     PISSN: 1836716X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22499/2.6501.007     Document Type: Article

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