The role of Sea Surface Temperature in reanalysis

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-552

  Kanamitsu, Masao ^a   Hwang, Seung On ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOSONDES; SEA LEVEL;

LATENT HEAT FLUX; NEAR-SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33645020265     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3084.1     Document Type: Article

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