Using synoptic type analysis to understand New Zealand climate during the Mid-Holocene

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1189-1207

  Ackerley, D ^a,h   Lorrey, A ^a   Renwick, J A ^a   Phipps, S J ^b   Wagner, S ^c   Dean, S ^a   Singarayer, J ^d   Valdes, P ^d   Abe Ouchi, A ^e   Ohgaito, R ^f   Jones, J M ^g  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^h MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WESTERLY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 80855130114     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-1189-2011     Document Type: Article

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