The JRA-55 Reanalysis: General Specifications and Basic Characteristics

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan - Tập 93 Số 1 - Trang 5-48 - 2015
Shinya Kobayashi1,2, Yukinari Ota1,2, Yusuke Harada1,2, Ayataka Ebita2, Masami Moriya1, Hirokatsu Onoda1, Kazutoshi Onogi1, Hirotaka Kamahori2, Chiaki Kobayashi2, Hirokazu Endo2, Kazuki Miyaoka1, Kiyotoshi Takahashi1
1Japan Meteorological Agency, Tokyo, Japan
2Meteorological Research Institute, JMA, Tsukuba, Japan

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