Description of the ERA-CLIM historical upper-air data

Earth System Science Data

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-48

  Stickler, A ^a   Bronnimann S ^a   Jourdain, S ^b   Roucaute, E ^b   Sterin, A ^c   Nikolaev, D ^c   Valente, M A ^d   Wartenburger, R ^a   Hersbach, H ^e   Ramella Pralungo, L ^f   Dee, D ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b MÉTÉO FRANCE   (France)

^c All Russian Research Institute of Hydrometeorological Information World Data Center   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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EID: 85006892987     PISSN: 18663508     EISSN: 18663516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-29-2014     Document Type: Article

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