Regional climate and variability of NASA MERRA and recent reanalyses: U.S. summertime precipitation and temperature

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1939-1951

  Bosilovich, Michael G ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECMWF RE-ANALYSIS; LAND-ATMOSPHERE INTERACTIONS; LARGE-SCALE CIRCULATION; PRECIPITATION VARIATION; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; NASA;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884262191     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0291.1     Document Type: Article

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