The SPARC intercomparison of middle-atmosphere climatologies

Journal of Climate

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 986-1003

  Randel, William ^a   Udelhofen, Petra ^b   Fleming, Eric ^c   Geller, Marvin ^b   Gelman, Mel ^d   Hamilton, Kevin ^e   Karoly, David ^f   Ortland, Dave ^g   Pawson, Steve ^c   Swinbank, Richard ^h   Wu, Fei ^a   Baldwin, Mark ^g   Chanin, Marie Lise ⁱ   Keckhut, Philippe ⁱ   Labitzke, Karin ^j   Remsberg, Ellis ^k   Simmons, Adrian ^l   Wu, Dong ^m  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d Natl Centers Environ Prediction   (United States)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^g NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^h MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^j FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^k NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l European Centre for Meadium Range Weather Forecasts   (United Kingdom)

^m CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COOLING; DATA RECORDING; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL RADAR; ROCKETS; SATELLITES; SOUNDING ROCKETS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WIND;

HISTORIC DATASETS; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION (QBO);

CLIMATOLOGY;

DATA ASSIMILATION; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WIND PROFILE;

EID: 11144354780     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0986:TSIOMC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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