Can climate trends be calculated from reanalysis data?

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Bengtsson, Lennart ^a,b   Hagemann, Stefan ^b   Hodges, Kevin I ^a  

^a Environmental Systems Science Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climate; Reanalysis; Trend; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATOLOGY; KINETIC ENERGY; TREND ANALYSIS; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 4143094904     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004536     Document Type: Article

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