Preliminary results of the jRA-55c, an atmospheric reanalysis assimilating conventional observations only

Scientific Online Letters on the Atmosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 78-82

  Kobayashi, Chiaki ^a   Endo, Hirokazu ^a   Ota, Yukinari ^b   Kobayashi, Shinya ^b   Onoda, Hirokatsu ^b   Harada, Yayoi ^b   Onogi, Kazutoshi ^b   Kamahori, Hirotaka ^a  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84920655114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13496476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/sola.2014-016     Document Type: Article

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