The NCEP/NCAR 40-year reanalysis project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-471

  Kalnay, E ^a,c   Kanamitsu, M ^a   Kistler, R ^a   Collins, W ^a   Deaven, D ^a   Gandin, L ^a   Iredell, M ^a   Saha, S ^a   White, G ^a   Woollen, J ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Chelliah, M ^a   Ebisuzaki, W ^a   Higgins, W ^a   Janowiak, J ^a   Mo, K C ^a   Ropelewski, C ^a   Wang, J ^a   Leetmaa, A ^a   Reynolds, R ^a   Jenne, Roy ^b   Joseph, Dennis ^b   more..

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c W/NMCZ   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE DATA; DATA REANALYSIS (1957-1996); GLOBAL DATA; NCAR; NCEP; ONLINE INFORMATION;

EID: 0029768948     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0437:TNYRP>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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