Angular momentum budgets based on NCEP and ECMWF reanlaysis data: An intercomparison

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2577-2585

  Egger, Joseph ^a   Hoinka, Klaus Peter ^b   Weickmann, Klaus ^c   Huang, Huei Ping ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 0346121743     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2003)131<2577:AMBBON>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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