Assessing the performance of the CFSR by an ensemble of analyses

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 37, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 2541-2550

  Ebisuzaki, Wesley ^a   Zhang, Li ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Wyle Information Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

CFSR; CFSRR; Ensemble; Reanalysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 85027955134     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-011-1074-5     Document Type: Article

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