Evaluation of precipitation from the ERA-40, NCEP-1, and NCEP-2 reanalyses and CMAP-1, CMAP-2, and GPCP-2 with ground-based measurements in China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Ma, Lijuan ^a,b   Zhang, Tingjun ^c   Frauenfeld, Oliver W ^c   Ye, Baisheng ^d   Yang, Daqing ^e   Qin, Dahe ^d  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-SYSTEMS; CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECT VERSION 2; GROUND BASED MEASUREMENT; NCEP/NCAR; POSITIVE BIAS; PRECIPITATION DATA; PRECIPITATION PRODUCTS; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; REANALYSIS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA SET; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68249096970     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011178     Document Type: Article

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