An appraisal of NCEP/NCAR reanalysis MSLP data viability for climate studies in the South Pacific

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 3057-3060

  Marshall, Gareth J ^a   Harangozo, Stephen A ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLIMATE STUDIES; EASTERN SOUTH-PACIFIC; EXTRATROPICAL; HIGH LATITUDES; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; REANALYSIS; SURFACE OBSERVATION; WEST ANTARCTICA;

SEA LEVEL; CLIMATOLOGY;

MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION INDEX; TRANS-POLAR INDEX;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; SEA LEVEL;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033625903     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL011363     Document Type: Article

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