Diagnostic comparison of meteorological analyses during the 2002 Antarctic winter

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1261-1278

  Manney, Gloria L ^a,b   Allen, Douglas R ^c   Krüger, Kristin ^d,e   Naujokat, Barbara ^d   Santee, Michelle L ^a   Sabutis, Joseph L ^b   Pawson, Steven ^f,g   Swinbank, Richard ^h   Randall, Cora E ⁱ   Simmons, Adrian J ^j   Long, Craig ^k  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^h MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^j EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

^k NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL WARMING; UPPER ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECAST (ECMWF); GODDARD EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEMS (GEOS); NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP); STRATOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

METEOROLOGY;

STORM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

EID: 17944382519     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR2926.1     Document Type: Article

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