Toward producing the chukchi-beaufort high-resolution atmospheric reanalysis (CBHAR) via the WRFDA data assimilation system

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 788-805

  Liu, Fuhong ^a   Krieger, Jeremy R ^b   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

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EID: 84893837164     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00063.1     Document Type: Article

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