A Brief Introduction to Atmospheric Data Analysis
How we know what the weather was like
 




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  • Introduction
  • Data Assimilation
  • SSI
  • Harmonics
  • Variables
  • Example
  • Sources

Sources


Derber, J. C., D. F. Parrish, et al. (1991). "The New Global Operational Analysis System at the National Meteorological Center." Weather and Forecasting 6(4): 538-547.


Kalanay, E., M. Kanamitsu, et al.  (1996). "The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project."  Bullitin of the American Meteorological Society 77(3):437-470.
   
Kalanay, E. Atmospheric Modeling, Data Assimilation and Predictability.
   
Kleist, D. T., D. F. Parrish, et al. (2009). "Introduction of the GSI into the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System." Weather and Forecasting 24(6): 1691-1705.


McGuffie, K., Henderson-Sellers, Ann.  A Climate Modeling Primer.
   
Parrish, D. F. and J. C. Derber (1992). "The National Meteorological Center's Spectral Statistical-Interpolation Analysis System." Monthly Weather Review 120(8): 1747-1763.
   
Thorne, P. W. and R. S. Vose (2010). "Reanalyses Suitable for Characterizing Long-Term Trends." Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 91(3): 353-361.


Zdunkowski, W., Bott, A.  Dynamics of the Atmosphere: A Course in Theoretical Meteorology. 


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