Circulation changes and teleconnectioxs between glacial advances on the west coast of New Zealand and extended spells of drought years in South Africa

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1499-1512

  Tyson, P D ^a   Sturman, A F ^b   Fitzharris, B B ^c   Mason, S J ^a   Owens, I F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Circulation change; Climatic change; Glacial response; Index decadal variabibry; New Zealand; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION CHANGE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; GLACIER RESPONSE; TELECONNECTION;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, FRANZ JOSEF GLACIER; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031391588     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19971130)17:14<1499::AID-JOC207>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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