Meteorological observations from ship cruises during summer to the central Arctic: A comparison with reanalysis data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lupkes C ^a   Vihma, T ^b   Jakobson, E ^c   Konig Langlo G ^a   Tetzlaff, A ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAUFORT SEA; CAPPING INVERSION; ERA INTERIMS; METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; NORTH ATLANTIC; OBSERVED VALUES; REANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES; SHIP CRUISE;

ICEBREAKERS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79955073696     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042724     Document Type: Article

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