Atmospheric conditions influencing the spillover of rainfall to lee of the Southern Alps, New Zealand

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-92

  Chater, Amanda M ^a,b   Sturman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Correlation; Frontal intensity; Latent instability; New Zealand; Orographic precipitation; Regression; Southern Alps; Spillover precipitation; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

OROGRAPHIC PRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION; SPILLOVER; WIND SPEED;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0031897465     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199801)18:1<77::AID-JOC218>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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