The ASSET intercomparison of stratosphere and lower mesosphere humidity analyses

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 995-1016

  Thornton, H E ^a   Jackson, D R ^a   Bekki, S ^b   Bormann, N ^c   Errera, Q ^d   Geer, A J ^c   Lahoz, W A ^e   Rharmili, S ^b  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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

^d BELGIAN INSTITUTE FOR SPACE AERONOMY   (Belgium)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; COMPLEXITY; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; DATA ASSIMILATION; ENVISAT-1; MATRIX; MESOSPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATOSPHERE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 77950292504     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-9-995-2009     Document Type: Article

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