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Comparison of three weather prediction models with buoy and aircraft measurements under cyclone conditions in Fram Strait

  1. ANDREA LAMMERT1,*,
  2. BURGHARD BRÜMMER1,
  3. MICHAEL HALLER1,
  4. GERD MÜLLER1,
  5. HARALD SCHYBERG2

Article first published online: 16 APR 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00460.x

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Tellus A

Tellus A

Special Issue: Cyclones and the North Atlantic climate system

Volume 62, Issue 4, pages 361–376, August 2010

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LAMMERT, A., BRÜMMER, B., HALLER, M., MÜLLER, G. and SCHYBERG, H. (2010), Comparison of three weather prediction models with buoy and aircraft measurements under cyclone conditions in Fram Strait. Tellus A, 62: 361–376. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0870.2010.00460.x

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  1. 1

    Meteorological Institute, University Hamburg, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany

  2. 2

    Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo, Norway

* Corresponding author. e-mail: andrea.lammert@zmaw.de

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 8 JUL 2010
  2. Article first published online: 16 APR 2010
  3. (Manuscript received 23 October 2009; in final form 13 April 2010)

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