A comparative assessment of the potential impact of climate change on the ski industry in New Zealand and Australia

Climatic Change

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 965-978

  Hendrikx, J ^a   Zammit, C ^b   Hreinsson, E O ^b   Becken, S ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DIRECT IMPACT; ECONOMIC COMPONENTS; EMISSIONS SCENARIOS; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; RELATIVE IMPACT;

INDUSTRY; SNOW MAKING; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SNOW COVER; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84880569738     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0741-4     Document Type: Article

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