Extreme rainfalls in the Southern Alps of New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-330

  Henderson, R D ^a   Thompson, S M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

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