Relationships between rainfall in the southwest of Western Australia and near-global patterns of sea-surface temperature and mean sea-level pressure variability

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  • Fuqin Li
  • Lynda E. Chambers
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A statistically significant decrease in rainfall in southwest Western Australia (SWWA), since the middle of last century, has been reported in a number of studies (Wright 1974a, b; Pittock 1983; Nicholls and Lavery 1992; Yu and Neil 1993; Hennessy et al. 1999 and IOCI 2002). This decrease in rainfall not only affects economic activities in Western Australia, but a lack of understanding of mechanisms relating to this trend Aust. Met. Mag. 54 (2005) 23-33

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تاریخ انتشار 2003