Biases in reanalysis snowfall found by comparing the JULES land surface model to globsnow

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 624-632

  Hancock, Steven ^a,b   Huntley, Brian ^b,c   Ellis, Richard ^b,d   Baxter, Robert ^b,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NCEO   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAND SURFACE MODELING; LAND SURFACE MODELS; PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY; SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT; SNOW-COVER PRODUCTS;

DATA PROCESSING; GAGES; NASA; WATCHES;

SNOW;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODEL TEST; PREDICTION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; SNOW COVER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84892535448     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-13-00382.1     Document Type: Article

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