The Wellington branch of the Meteorological Society is hosting a seminar later
this month, the first of what we hope will be a series of talks on recent
atmospheric science research. The details are as follows.

Date/time: Tuesday 24 May, 7:30pm
Location: Science House (RSNZ), Turnbull St, Thorndon

Title:
An investigation into New Zealand's climate during the Last Glacial Maximum:
a climate modelling approach

Speaker: Frank Drost, VUW/NIWA PhD candidate

Frank will cover the highlights of his recently-completed PhD study of
the climate during the LGM, approximately 20,000 years ago. He has
used global and regional modelling to simulate the LGM climate over
the NZ region, for comparison with proxy data and with a modern-day
"control" simulation. His results provide an interesting perspective
on glacial-intergacial climate changes.


For further info, please e-mail Jim Renwick (j.renwick@...)



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Jim Renwick, Climate Variability
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research
Private Bag 14901, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
J.Renwick@... Ph: +64 4 3860343 hm: 9732523
http://www.niwa.co.nz Fax: +64 4 3862153 or 3860574