Near-surface meteorology during the Arctic Summer Cloud Ocean Study (ASCOS): Evaluation of reanalyses and global climate models

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 427-445

  De Boer, G ^a,b   Shupe, M D ^a,b   Caldwell, P M ^c   Bauer, S E ^d,e   Persson, O ^a,b   Boyle, J S ^c   Kelley, M ^e   Klein, S A ^c   Tjernstrom M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; GLOBAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

EID: 84892567478     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-427-2014     Document Type: Article

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