A simulation of New Zealand's climate during the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 19-21, 2007, Pages 2505-2525

  Drost, Frank ^a,b   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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

ANNUAL MEAN PRECIPITATION; BLOCKING ACTIVITY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM); PALEOCLIMATE MODELLING INTERCOMPARISON PROJECT (PMIP); SEASONAL COOLING;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; COOLING; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEA ICE; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WEST COAST [SOUTH ISLAND];

EID: 36248966216     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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