Sensitivity of large-scale atmospheric analyses to humidity observations and its impact on the global water cycle and tropical and extratropical weather systems in ERA40
By: L. Bengtsson, K. I. Hodges and S. Hagemann
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v56i3.14412 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 202 - 217
Submitted on: Jun 2, 2003
Accepted on: Nov 10, 2003
Published on: Jan 1, 2004
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 2004 L. Bengtsson, K. I. Hodges, S. Hagemann, published by Stockholm University Press
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