Authors: Dick Dee, S. Uppala, Adrian Simmons, Paul Berrisford, Paul Poli, Shinya Kobayashi, Ulf Andrae, Magdalena Balmaseda, Gianpaolo Balsamo, Peter Bauer, Peter Bechtold, Anton Beljaars, L. van de Berg, Jean Bidlot, Niels Bormann, C. Delsol, Rossana Dragani, Manuel Fuentes, Alan J. Geer, Leopold Haimberger, Sean Healy, Hans Hersbach, Elías Hólm, Lars Isaksen, P. Kallberg, Martin Köhler, Marco Matricardi, A. P. McNally, B. M. Monge-Sanz, Jean-Jacques Morcrette, B.-K. Park, Carole Peubey, P. de Rosnay, Christina Tavolato, Jean-Noël Thépaut, Frederic Vitart
Venue: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Type: Publication
Abstract: AbstractERA‐Interim is the latest global atmospheric reanalysis produced by the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The ERA‐Interim project was conducted in part to prepare for a new atmospheric reanalysis to replace ERA‐40, which will extend back to the early part of the twentieth century. This article describes the forecast model, data assimilation method, and input datasets used to produce ERA‐Interim, and discusses the performance of the system. Special emphasis is placed on various difficulties encountered...
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Meteorology
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