Evaluating the Antarctic observational network with the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS)

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3847-3859

  Bumbaco, Karin A ^a   Hakim, Gregory J ^a   Mauger, Guillaume S ^a   Hryniw, Natalia ^a   Steig, Eric J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC MESOSCALE PREDICTION SYSTEMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SURFACE PRESSURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84907916648     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: 15200493     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/MWR-D-13-00401.1     Document Type: Article

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