The potential impact of climate change on seasonal snow in New Zealand: Part I-an analysis using 12 GCMs

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 607-618

  Hendrikx, J ^a   Hreinsson, E O ^b   Clark, M P ^c   Mullan, A B ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SNOW COVER; SNOWPACK; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84870389119     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0711-1     Document Type: Article

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