Sea ice concentration analyses for the Baltic Sea and their impact on numerical weather prediction

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 982-994

  Drusch, Matthias ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CLOUDS; HEAT FLUX; OCEANOGRAPHY; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

BALTIC SEA; GLOBAL REAL-TIME DATASETS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP); SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE (SMHI); TURBULENT SURFACE FLUXES;

SEA ICE;

DATA SET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEA ICE; SURFACE FLUX; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF BOTHNIA; GULF OF FINLAND;

EID: 33747080790     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAM2376.1     Document Type: Article

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