The accuracy of stratospheric analyses in the northern hemisphere inferred from long-duration balloon flights

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 130, Issue 597 PART B, 2004, Pages 607-626

  Hertzog, A ^a   Basdevant, C ^a   Vial, F ^a   Mechoso, C R ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ECMWF analyses; NCEP NCAR reanalyses; Polar vortex; Superpressure balloon

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND EFFECTS;

SUPERPRESSURE BALLOONS (SPB);

METEOROLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BALLOON OBSERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; POLAR VORTEX; STRATOSPHERE; TRAJECTORY;

EID: 1642292512     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.03.76     Document Type: Article

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