24. What caused the record-breaking heat across Australia in October 2015?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2016, Pages S122-S126

  Hope, Pandora ^a   Wang, Guomin ^a   Lim, Eun Pa ^a   Hendon, Harry H ^a   Arblaster, Julie M ^b,c  

^a BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; AUSTRALIA; NOCV1; SEASONAL FORECASTING;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 85011660658     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0141.1     Document Type: Article

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