The Little Ice Age climate of New Zealand reconstructed from Southern Alps cirque glaciers: A synoptic type approach

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 11-12, 2014, Pages 3039-3060

  Lorrey, Andrew ^a   Fauchereau, Nicolas ^a   Stanton, Craig ^a   Chappell, Petra ^a   Phipps, Steven ^b   Mackintosh, Andrew ^c   Renwick, James ^c   Goodwin, Ian ^d   Fowler, Anthony ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Equilibrium line altitude; Glaciers; Little Ice Age; New Zealand; Palaeoclimate; Southern Hemisphere; Synoptic types

Indexed keywords

CIRQUE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOPOTENTIAL; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 84901985876     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-013-1876-8     Document Type: Article

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