Evaluation of global precipitation in reanalyses

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2279-2299

  Bosilovich, Michael G ^a   Chen, Junye ^a,b   Robertson, Franklin R ^c   Adler, Robert F ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; MODELS;

AND MODELS; CLIMATE RECORDS; DATA ASSIMILATION SYSTEMS; DEPARTMENT OF ENERGIES; DYNAMICAL PROCESSES; EARTH SYSTEMS; ECMWF RE ANALYSES; GENERAL CIRCULATIONS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATIONS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OBSERVED DATUMS; OBSERVING SYSTEMS; PRECIPITATION DATUMS; RE ANALYSES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TROPICAL OCEANS;

ATMOSPHERICS;

DATA ASSIMILATION; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 57649146472     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1921.1     Document Type: Article

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