Comparison of ERA40 and NCEP/DOE near-surface data sets with other ISLSCP-II data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Betts, Alan K ^a   Zhao, Mei ^b   Dirmeyer, Paul A ^b   Beljaars, Anton C M ^c  

^a Department of Atmospheric Research ^*  (United States)

^b CENTER FOR OCEAN LAND ATMOSPHERE STUDIES   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CLOUDS; DATA REDUCTION; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NET RADIATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SHORTWAVE RADIATION;

EID: 33845202619     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007174     Document Type: Article

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