Atmospheric conservation properties in ERA-Interim

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 659, 2011, Pages 1381-1399

  Berrisford, P ^a   Kallberg P ^b   Kobayashi, S ^c   Dee, D ^a   Uppala, S ^a   Simmons, A J ^a   Poli, P ^a   Sato, H ^a  

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

^b SWEDISH METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; Budgets; Energy; ERA; Mass; Moisture

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC BUDGET; ATMOSPHERIC ENERGY; BUDGETS; CLOUDS AND THE EARTH'S RADIANT ENERGY SYSTEMS; CONSERVATION PROPERTIES; DOWN-WELLING; DRY MASS; ENERGY; ENERGY BUDGETS; ENERGY LOSS; ERA; EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM-RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS; GLOBAL ENERGY; GLOBAL STANDARDS; LOW-TO-HIGH; MASS; MERIDIONAL GRADIENTS; MOISTURE BUDGET; NET ENERGY; REANALYSIS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SURFACE PRESSURE FIELD; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME-AVERAGED; TIME-SCALES; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; BUDGET CONTROL; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MOISTURE; STATISTICS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; EVAPORATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SURFACE PRESSURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

EID: 80052530368     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.864     Document Type: Article

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