Assessments of the reliability of NCEP circulation data and relationships with surface climate by direct comparisons with station based data

Climate Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3 SPECIAL 9, 2001, Pages 247-261

  Reid, P A ^a,b   Jones, P D ^a   Brown, O ^a   Goodess, C M ^a   Davies, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ACCORD; Europe; NCEP; Precipitation; Pressure; Reanalyses; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ENGLAND; ITALY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035968399     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr017247     Document Type: Article

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