The NCEP-NCAR 50-year reanalysis: Monthly means CD-ROM and documentation

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-267

  Kistler, Robert ^a   Kalnay, Eugenia ^b   Collins, William ^a   Saha, Suranjana ^a   White, Glenn ^a   Woollen, John ^a   Chelliah, Muthuvel ^a,c   Ebisuzaki, Wesley ^a,c   Kanamitsu, Masao ^a,c   Kousky, Vernon ^a,c   Van Den Dool, Huug ^a,c   Jenne, Roy ^f   Fiorino, Michael ^d,e  

^a Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^f 2213 Comp and Space Sci Bldg ^*

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EID: 0042092646     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0247:TNNYRM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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