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Impact of the southern oscillation on australian crops
Author(s) -
Nicholls Neville
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of climatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.58
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-0088
pISSN - 0196-1748
DOI - 10.1002/joc.3370050508
Subject(s) - el niño southern oscillation , southern oscillation , crop , oscillation (cell signaling) , climatology , environmental science , crop production , geography , agroforestry , agronomy , biology , ecology , geology , agriculture , genetics
Climate plays a major role in determining variations in Australian crop production. The El Niño‐Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon is an important mode of climatic variation affecting the Australian region. Interannual fluctuations of Australian crop production and ENSO might thus be expected to be quite closely related. Analysis of the limited data available at present suggests that fluctuations in some Australian crops are in fact associated with ENSO and may be predictable, well in advance of harvest, from observed sea‐surface temperatures around northern Australia.