Missing North Atlantic cyclonic precipitation in ECMWF numerical weather prediction and ERA-40 data detected through the satellite climatology HOAPS II

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 809-821

  Klepp, Christian Philipp ^a   Bakan, Stephan ^a   Grassl, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); STORMS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

CYCLONE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE DATA; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33646051250     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2005/0088     Document Type: Article

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