The New Zealand Southern Alps Experiment

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 683-692

  Wratt, D S ^a   Ridley, R N ^a   Sinclair, M R ^a   Larsen, H ^a   Thompson, S M ^a   Henderson, R ^a   Austin, G L ^b   Bradley, S C ^b   Auer, A ^c   Sturman, A P ^d   Owens, I ^d   Fitzharris, B ^e   Ryan, B F ^f   Gayet, J F ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c Meteorological Service of New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^f CSIRO   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PATTERN; RAINFALL; REGIONAL WEATHER; SALPEX;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0030481026     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0683:TNZSAE>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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