Low-frequency variations in surface atmospheric humidity, temperature, and precipitation: Inferences from reanalyses and monthly gridded observational data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Simmons, A J ^a   Willett, K M ^b   Jones, P D ^c   Thorne, P W ^b   Dee, D P ^a  

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

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; CORROSION PREVENTION; GAGES; MOISTURE; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTERS; CLIMATIC RESEARCH; DATA SETS; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY PROJECTS; LAND AREAS; LOW-FREQUENCY VARIATIONS; MIDLATITUDES; NEAR-SURFACE; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; PRECIPITATION DATA; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SATELLITE PRODUCTS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATE PREDICTION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EUROPE;

EID: 76249093293     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012442     Document Type: Article

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