The impact of high-resolution SALLJEX data on global NCEP analyses

Journal of Climate

Volumn 20, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 5765-5783

  Herdies, Dirceu L ^a   Kousky, Vernon E ^b   Ebisuzaki, Wesley ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; JETS; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS;

GLOBAL DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; LOW LEVEL JET; RAWINSONDE;

WIND;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 37549065925     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2007JCLI1375.1     Document Type: Article

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