Abstract: A study of atmospheric and oceanic circulation features in the wider Australian region is undertaken in an attempt to establish the cause(s) of the observed decrease in austral winter (JJA) rainfall over the southwestern ...

Abstract: Several independent historical studies of global atmospheric and oceanic parameters have identified low-frequency fluctuations in the global climate system. Much of this research has focused on Europe, the Atlantic Ocean, ...

Abstract: A preliminary study is made of simultaneous and lagged seasonal cross correlations between northern Australian sea level and district rainfall anomalies. Zero-lagged patterns show strong links with the El Niño/Southern ...

Abstract: An extension of the Tahiti minus Darwin Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) from 1882 back to 1876 is reported following the recovery of early Darwin mean sea-level pressure data spanning the period 1865?81. As a result, we ...