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Figure 10.34 The synoptic situation
at 00:00 hours on 1 September 1982,
resulting in heavy rainfall in the
Southern Alps of New Zealand.
Sources : After Hessell; from Wratt et al .
(1996). From Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society , by permission of
the American Meteorological Society.
Figure 10.35 (A) Surface currents in the Arctic, together with average autumn minimum and spring maximum sea ice extent. (B)
Southern Ocean surface circulation, convergence zones and seasonal ice limits in March and September.
Sources : (A) Maytham (1993), Barry (1983). (B) After Barry (1986), copyright © Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York. Published by
permission.