ERA-CLIM: Historical surface and upper-air data for future reanalyses

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1419-1430

  Stickler, A ^a   Bronnimann S ^a   Valente, M A ^b   Bethke, J ^b   Sterin, A ^c   Jourdain, S ^d   Roucaute, E ^d   Vasquez, M V ^e   Reyes, D A ^e   Allan, R ^f   Dee, D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c World Data Center   (Russian Federation)

^d MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^e School of Medicine   (Chile)

^f MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC REANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; GLOBAL CLIMATES; RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; SURFACE OBSERVATION; TIME RESTRICTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BUDGET CONTROL;

EID: 84910028305     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00147.1     Document Type: Review

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