Barometric tides from ECMWF operational analyses

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1897-1910

  Ray, R D ^a   Ponte, R M ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (waves and tides)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; TIDAL CONSTANT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 0141572107     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-21-1897-2003     Document Type: Article

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