Evaluation of seven different atmospheric reanalysis products in the arctic

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2588-2606

  Lindsay, R ^a   Wensnahan, M ^a   Schweiger, A ^a   Zhang, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND;

ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; CLIMATE FORECASTS; FORCINGS; FORECAST SYSTEMS; ICE-OCEAN MODELS; NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTIONS; OBSERVED VALUES; RESEARCH AND APPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS;

ICE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE PREDICTION; DATA ASSIMILATION; FORECASTING METHOD; ICE THICKNESS; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WIND VELOCITY;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84896980144     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jcli-d-13-00014.1     Document Type: Article

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