Interannual extremes in New Zealand precipitation linked to modes of Southern Hemisphere climate variability

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 5418-5440

  Ummenhofer, Caroline C ^a   England, Matthew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; NEW ZEALAND; RAIN; SEA LEVEL; WIND;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERANNUAL EXTREMES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EKMAN TRANSPORT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HEAT FLUX; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERLY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 36348989629     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1430.1     Document Type: Article

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