A comparison of total precipitable water between reanalyses and NVAP

Journal of Climate

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1790-1807

  Sudradjat, Arief ^a   Ferraro, Ralph R ^b   Fiorino, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATA REDUCTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADIOSONDES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

DATASETS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP); TOTAL PRECIPITABLE WATER (TPW); TROPICAL OCEANS;

WATER;

PRECIPITABLE WATER; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

EID: 22944438714     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI3379.1     Document Type: Article

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