Scatterometer-based assessment of 10-m wind analyses from the operational ECMWF and NCEP numerical weather prediction models

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 409-429

  Chelton, Dudley B ^a   Freilich, Michael H ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ERRORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATELLITES; SCATTERING; WIND;

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA); SCATTEROMETER;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

NUMERICAL MODEL; SCATTEROMETER; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

NASA;

EID: 14644442979     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-2861.1     Document Type: Review

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