Short-range and medium-range weather forecasting in the extratropics during wintertime with and without an interactive ocean

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1972-1986

  Jung, Thomas ^a   Vitart, Frederic ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL; STORMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EXTRATROPICAL CYCLONES; INTERACTIVE OCEAN; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EXTRATROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WINTER;

EID: 33746917120     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR3206.1     Document Type: Article

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