Evaluation of Polar WRF forecasts on the Arctic System Reanalysis domain: Surface and upper air analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Aaron B ^a,b   Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Hines, Keith M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIOSONDES; SEA ICE; TROPOSPHERE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SYSTEM REANALYSIS; BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; FURTHER DEVELOPMENT; GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLOGIC CYCLES; MODEL OUTPUTS; MODEL SKILL; MODEL SPIN-UP; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NEGATIVE BIAS; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY; POLAR RESEARCH; REGIONAL SCALE; SURFACE DEWPOINT; TROPOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; UPPER AIR; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS; WIND SPEED;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DATA SET; METEOROLOGY; RADIOSONDE; SEA ICE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 79958833178     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015013     Document Type: Article

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