Validation of atmospheric reanalyses over the central Arctic Ocean

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Jakobson, Erko ^a,b   Vihma, Timo ^c   Palo, Timo ^b   Jakobson, Liisi ^b   Keernik, Hannes ^a,b   Jaagus, Jaak ^b  

^a TARTU OBSERVATORY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ERRORS; NASA; SEA ICE; WIND EFFECTS;

AIR HUMIDITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCTIC OCEAN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ROOT MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SEA ICE MODELS; SPECIFIC HUMIDITY; TURBULENT FLUX; VERTICAL PROFILE; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR-SEA INTERACTION; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR ANALYSIS; HUMIDITY; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEA ICE; TURBULENCE; WIND VELOCITY; CLIMATE MODELING; CORRELATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84861414422     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051591     Document Type: Article

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