Stations for which data were acquired from the Asia Pacific Network (APN; Manton et al., 2001) . WMONo Name LAT LONG 47409 ABASHIRI 44.0 144.3 47588 YAMAGATA 38.3 140.3 47678 HACHIJOJIMA 33.1 139.8 47755 HAMADA 34.9 132.1 47912 YONAGUNIJIMA 24.5 123.0 48354 UDON THANI 17.4 102.8 48480 CHANTHABURI 12.6 102.1 91517 HONIARA -9.4 160.0 91690 LAUCALA BAY -18.1 178.5 91925 ATUONA -9.8 -139.0 91938 TAHITI-FAAA -17.5 -149.6 93292 GISBORNE -38.7 178.0 93615 HOKITIKA -42.7 171.0 93844 INVERCARGILL -46.7 168.5 98233 TUGUEGARAO 17.6 121.7