Calibrating and Evaluating Reanalysis Surface Temperature Error by Topographic Correction From: Journal of Climate | Date: March 15, 2008| Author: Zhao, Tianbao; Guo, Weidong; Fu, Congbin | Copyright American Meteorological Society Mar 15, 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

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Based on the observed daily surface air temperature data from 597 stations over continental China and two sets of reanalysis data [NCEP-NCAR and 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40)] during 1979-2001, the altitude effects in calibrating and evaluating reanalyzed surface temperature errors are studied. The results indicate that the accuracy of interpolated surface temperature from the reanalyzed gridpoint value or the station observations depends much on the altitudes of original d...

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