Simulation of New Zealand's climate using a high-resolution nested regional climate model

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1153-1169

  Drost, Frank ^a,d   Renwick, James ^b   Bhaskaran, B ^c   Oliver, Hilary ^b   McGregor, James ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

New Zealand; Precipitation; Regional climate model; Temperature

Indexed keywords

REGIONAL CLIMATE MODEL; SEA-LEVEL PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATABASE; OROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WIND DIRECTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 34447633385     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1461     Document Type: Article

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