Projected changes in synoptic weather patterns over New Zealand examined through self‐organizing maps

New insight is provided regarding 21st century projections of synoptic scale atmospheric circulation over the New Zealand region. Daily mean sea level pressure patterns from a number of general circulation models ( GCMs ) participating in the 5th Coupled Model Intercomparison Project ( CMIP5 ) were analysed through a self‐organizing map ( SOM ) technique. In terms of simulating the synoptic climatology found in reanalyses, an initial model...