Evaluation of NCEP-CFSR, NCEP-NCAR, ERA-Interim, and ERA-40 reanalysis datasets against independent sounding observations over the Tibetan Plateau

Journal of Climate

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 206-214

  Bao, Xinghua ^a   Zhang, Fuqing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORECASTS; COMPREHENSIVE EVALUATION; DATA SETS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; GLOBAL CLIMATES; HIGH QUALITY; HORIZONTAL WINDS; MEAN VALUES; OBSERVATION ERRORS; PRESSURE LEVEL; REANALYSIS; RMS ERRORS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

ERRORS; RADIOSONDES; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; RADIOSONDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

EID: 84872953792     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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