Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 15-year reanalysis over the tropical oceans

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 107, Issue 15, 2002, Pages

  Allan, Richard P ^a   Slingo, A ^a,c   Ramaswamy, V ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interannual variability; Reanalyses; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; VAPORS; WEATHER FORECASTING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 36448973115     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jd001132     Document Type: Article

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