Upper-air observations from the German Atlantic Expedition (1925–27) and comparison with the Twentieth Century and ERA-20C reanalyses

Upper-air observations from the German Atlantic Expedition (1925–27) and comparison with the Twentieth Century and ERA-20C reanalyses

Between April 1925 and June 1927, the research vessel Meteor cruised the tropical and southern Atlantic Ocean in the framework of the German Atlantic Expedition. One purpose was to systematically explore the vertical structure of the atmosphere. To this end, the ocean was crossed in 14 profiles acro...

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Main Authors: Alexander Stickler, Samuel Storz, Richard Wartenburger, Hans Hersbach, Gilbert P. Compo, Paul Poli, Dick Dee, Stefan Brönnimann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2015-08-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Subjects:
Twentieth Century Reanalysis
ERA-20C
upper-air data
ERA-CLIM
CHUAN
kite
pilot balloon
Atlantic
temperature
pressure
wind
circulation
humidity
Tropics
extratropics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2015/0683

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2015/0683

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