A spectral view on the atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the extratropics: ECMWF re-analyses versus operational analyses

Wilhelm May

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v52i3.12264

A spectral view on the atmospheric intraseasonal variability in the extratropics: ECMWF re-analyses versus operational analyses

Tellus

Volume 52 (2000): Issue 3

By: Wilhelm May

Open Access

|Jan 2000

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