The potential impact of climate change on seasonal snow in New Zealand: Part II-industry vulnerability and future snowmaking potential

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 619-630

  Hendrikx, J ^a   Hreinsson, E O ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

EID: 84870394045     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0713-z     Document Type: Article

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