Dependency of summer lake inflows and precipitation on spring SOI

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 66-80

  McKerchar, A I ^a   Pearson, C P ^a   Fitzharris, B B ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate; Discharge; New Zealand; Runoff; Snow; Water balance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); LAKES; SNOW;

SNOW ACCUMULATION INDEX; WATER BALANCE;

RUNOFF;

EL NINO; LAKE INFLOW; PRECIPITATION; SNOWMELT; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; WATER BALANCE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032568014     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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