Influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Wave upon New Zealand temperature and precipitation during autumn-winter

Journal of Climate

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 960-976

  White, Warren B ^a   Cherry, Neil J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTIC CIRCUMPOLAR WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; WAVE;

ANTARCTICA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0033117437     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1999)012<0960:IOTACW>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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