Reanalyses and observations: What's the Difference?

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1565-1572

  Parker, Wendy S ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WEATHER SATELLITES;

ASSIMILATION SYSTEM; ATMOSPHERIC DATA; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA ASSIMILATION METHODS; GROUND-BASED STATIONS; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; STATE ESTIMATES;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84992397264     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00226.1     Document Type: Review

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