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Original Articles

A comparison of operational global analyses from the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and the National Meteorological Center (NMC)

Pages 272-284 | Received 13 Apr 1987, Accepted 15 Sep 1987, Published online: 15 Dec 2016

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