Simulations of seasonal snow for the south Island, New Zealand

Journal of Hydrology New Zealand

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 41-58

  Clark, Martyn ^a   Hreinsson, Einar Örn ^a   Martinez, Guillermo ^b   Tait, Andrew ^a   Slater, Andrew ^c   Hendrikx, Jordy ^a   Owens, Ian ^d   Gupta, Hoshin ^b   Schmidt, Jochen ^a   Woods, Ross ^a  

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

^b Department of Hydrology and Water Resources ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOWMELT;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77953002367     PISSN: 00221708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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