The influence of soil moisture deficits on Australian heatwaves

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Herold, N ^a   Kala, J ^a,b   Alexander, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; heat waves; soil moisture; SPEI

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SOILS;

ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; AUSTRALIA; FUTURE CLIMATE; HEAT WAVES; LARGE-SCALE DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE DEFICITS; SPEI; SUMMER SEASON;

SOIL MOISTURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEAT WAVE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84977516968     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/6/064003     Document Type: Article

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