A comparison of the regional Arctic System Reanalysis and the global ERA-Interim Reanalysis for the Arctic

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 142, Issue 695, 2016, Pages 644-658

  Bromwich, David H ^a,b   Wilson, Aaron B ^a   Bai, Le Sheng ^b   Moore, George W K ^c   Bauer, Peter ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

3D Var; Arctic System Reanalysis; ERA Interim; Polar WRF; WRFDA

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; WIND;

3D-VAR; ARCTIC SYSTEM REANALYSIS; ERA INTERIMS; POLAR WRF; WRFDA;

VALUE ENGINEERING;

DATA ASSIMILATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ARCTIC;

EID: 84961964781     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2527     Document Type: Article

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