Factors affecting the distribution and spillover of precipitation in the Southern Alps of New Zealand - A case study

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 428-442

  Sinclair, Mark R ^a   Wratt, David S ^a   Henderson, Roddy D ^a   Gray, Warren R ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEE SIDE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION PATTERN; RAINFALL;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0031446956     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<0428:FATDAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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