Southern Hemisphere sea-surface temperatures and their contemporary and lag association with New Zealand temperature and precipitation

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 817-840

  Mullan, A B ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR/SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032580996     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(19980630)18:8<817::AID-JOC261>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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