The need for a dynamical climate reanalysis

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 495-501

  Bengtsson, Lennart ^a   Arkin, Phil ^b   Berrisford, Paul ^a   Bougeault, Philippe ^c   Folland, Chris K ^d   Gordon, Chris ^d   Haines, Keith ^a   Hodges, Kevin I ^a   Jones, Phil ^e   Kallberg, Per ^c   Rayner, Nick ^d   Simmons, Adrian J ^c   Stammer, Detlef ^f   Thorne, Peter W ^d   Uppala, Sakari ^c   Vose, Russell ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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

^d MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^g Climate Analysis Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; HEAT FLUX; HYDROLOGY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; CLIMATE TRENDS; ENERGY FLUX;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 34249026361     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-88-4-495     Document Type: Article

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