Spatial modelling of New Zealand temperature normals

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-319

  Zheng, Xiaogu ^a   Basher, Reid E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Additive model; Climate; Multiple regression model; New Zealand; Normals; Spatial modelling; Spline model; Temperature

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL MODELLING; TEMPERATURE NORMALS;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0030455572     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199603)16:3<307::AID-JOC7>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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