Abstract: Wind speeds over a 6-month period from 21 surface stations, 3 upper-wind stations, and 2 different models are compared. Similar data are used for three different topographic regions of New Zealand broadly classed as having ...

Abstract: Mesoscale lows are observed off the central west coast, South Island, New Zealand. These features are evidenced in pressure dips measured at a buoy moored about 50 km off the west coast. They do not appear in measurements ...