Influence of large-scale climate modes on daily synoptic weather types over New Zealand

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 499-519

  Jiang, Ningbo ^a,b   Griffiths, Georgina ^c   Lorrey, Andrew ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Department of Education and Training   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

ENSO; GLM; IPO; New Zealand; SAM; Synoptic climatology; Weather type

Indexed keywords

ENSO; GLM; IPO; NEW ZEALAND; SAM; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER TYPES;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR MASS; ANTARCTIC OSCILLATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PACIFIC DECADAL OSCILLATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84872597899     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3443     Document Type: Article

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