Global atmospheric energetics from NCEP - Reanalysis 2 and ECMWF-ERA40 reanalysis

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-174

  Marques, Carlos A F ^a   Rocha, Alfredo ^a   Corte Real, João ^b   Castanheira, José M ^a   Ferreira, Juan ^a   Melo Gonçalves, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Energetics; Global atmosphere; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; CONVERSION RATES; DATA SETS; EDDY KINETIC ENERGY; ENERGETICS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE; NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCHES; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; NCEP/NCAR; PRESSURE LEVEL; REANALYSIS; SATELLITE DATA; TIME PERIODS;

CLIMATOLOGY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ATMOSPHERE; EDDY; ESTIMATION METHOD; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SATELLITE DATA; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 66049135735     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1704     Document Type: Article

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