Early ship-based upper-air data and comparison with the Twentieth Century Reanalysis

Extension of 3-D atmospheric data products back into the past is desirable for a wide range of applications. Historical upper-air data are important in this endeavour, particularly in the maritime regions of the tropics and the southern hemisphere, where observations are extremely sparse. Here we pr...

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Main Authors: S. Brönnimann, G. P. Compo, R. Spadin, R. Allan, W. Adam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-03-01
Series:Climate of the Past
Online Access:http://www.clim-past.net/7/265/2011/cp-7-265-2011.pdf