Comparison of model and observational ocean circulation climatologies for the New Zealand region

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Chiswell, Stephen M ^a   Rickard, Graham J ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; COASTAL CIRCULATION; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33845681636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JC003489     Document Type: Article

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