The GCM-reality intercomparison project for SPARC (GRIPS): Scientific issues and initial results

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 781-796

  Pawson, Steven ^a,b,c   Kodera, K ^d   Hamilton, K ^e   Shepherd, T G ^f   Beagley, S R ^g   Boville, B A ^h   Farrara, J D ⁱ   Fairlie, T D A ^j   Kitoh, A ^d   Lahoz, W A ^k   Langematz, U ^c   Manzini, E ^l   Rind, D H ^m   Scaife, A A ⁿ   Shibata, K ^e   Simon, P ^o   Swinbank, R ⁿ   Takacs, L ^p   Wilson, R J ^e   Al Saadi, J A ^q   Amodei, M ^o   Chiba, M ^r   Coy, L ^p   De Grandpre J ^g   Eckman, R S ^q   Fiorino, M ^s,t   Grose, W L ^q   Koide, H ^d   Koshyk, J N ^f   Li, D ^k,n   Lerner, J ^m   Mahlman, J D ^e   McFarlane, N A ^u   Mechoso, C R ⁱ   Molod, A ^p   O'Neill, A ^k   Pierce, R B ^q   Randel, W J ^h   Rood, R B ^b   Wu, F ^h   more..

^a UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^l MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^m NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

ⁿ MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^o CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^p GENERAL SCIENCES CORPORATION   (United States)

^q NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^r NIESDP   (Japan)

^s Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison   (United States)

^t EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^u AES   (Canada)

more..

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EID: 0001359052     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0781:TGIPFS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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