Toward a monitoring and forecasting system for atmospheric composition: The GEMS project

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1147-1164

  Hollingsworth, A ^a   Engelen, Richard J ^a   Textor, C ^a,b   Benedetti, A ^a   Boucher, O ^c   Chevallier, F ^d   Dethof, A ^a   Elbern, H ^e   Eskes, H ^f   Flemming, J ^a   Granier, C ^b   Kaiser, J W ^a   Morcrette, J J ^a   Rayner, P ^d   Peuch, V H ^g,j   Rouil, L ^h   Schultz, M G ⁱ   Simmons, A J ^a  

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

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^f ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^g CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL DE L ENVIRONNEMENT INDUSTRIEL ET DES RISQUES INERIS   (France)

ⁱ FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^j CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ELECTRON MULTIPLIERS; FORECASTING; GASES; GEMS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; MONITORING; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SATELLITES; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPONENTS; ATMOSPHERIC FIELDS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODEL; COMPREHENSIVE MONITORING; CURRENT STATUS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; EARTH SYSTEMS; END USERS; ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES; EUROPEAN; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FORECASTING SYSTEMS; GLOBAL MONITORING; IN-SITU; IN-SITU DATA; LATERAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; OPERATIONAL SERVICES; OUTPUT PRODUCTS; POLICY MAKERS; REACTIVE GASES; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SCIENCE COMMUNITY; SURFACE FLUXES;

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION;

EID: 53749094029     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2355.1     Document Type: Review

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