The JET2000 project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-351

  Thorncroft, C D ^a   Parker, D J ^b   Burton, R R ^b   Diop, M ^b   Ayers, J H ^c   Barjat, H ^d   Devereau, S ^b   Diongue, A ^b   Dumelow, R ^d   Kindred, D R ^d   Price, N M ^d   Saloum, M ^e   Tayor, C M ^f   Tompkins, A M ^g  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e Niger Met Service   (Nigeria)

^f CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLIMATE CHANGE; JET AIRCRAFT; METEOROLOGY; RAIN; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; TROPICAL CYCLONES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0037367568     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-3-337     Document Type: Article

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