An assessment of ECMWF analyses and model forecasts over the North Slope of Alaska using observations from the ARM Mixed-Phase Arctic Cloud Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Xie, Shaocheng ^a   Klein, Stephen A ^a   Yio, John J ^a   Beljaars, Anton C M ^b   Long, Charles N ^c   Zhang, Minghua ^d  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLOUDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 33646345846     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006509     Document Type: Article

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