Short- and medium-term trends in the hydrometeorology of the Central Southern Alps, New Zealand

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1267-1279

  Mcgowan, Hamish A ^a   Sturman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine; ENSO; Inflows; Lake tekapo; New Zealand; Precipitation; Snowmelt; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE; EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; SNOWMELT;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS, LAKE TEKAPO;

EID: 0030391796     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0088(199611)16:11<1267::aid-joc87>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Article

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