The impact of El Nino and La Nina weather patterns on Canterbury water resources

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The impact of El Nino and La Nina weather patterns on Canterbury water resources

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Water is an extremely important and increasingly contentious resource in the Canterbury region. An accurate assessment of the size and behaviour of the resource is fundamental to effective water management. This study attempts to calculate rainfall, runoff and evapotranspiration (ET) for Canterbury in order to ascertain a regional water balance as a means of quantifying a net excess or deficit of water in the hydrological budget. The effect of the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on this w...

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Research Paper

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Conference paper

Date created

2011-12

Creator

Mohssen, M / Edwards, S / Walters, A / Alqassab, N

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10182/5436

Related subjects

evapotranspiration / La Nina / El Nino / El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) / Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) / water resources / Canterbury / hydrologic budget

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