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Title: CAUSES: On the Role of Surface Energy Budget Errors to the Warm Surface Air Temperature Error Over the Central United States

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027194· OSTI ID:1426344
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore CA USA
  2. Met Office Exeter UK
  3. European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts Reading UK
  4. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA USA
  5. Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique Paris France
  6. Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis Environment Canada Victoria British Columbia Canada
  7. CNRM, Meteo‐France/CNRS Toulouse France
  8. Research Center for Environmental Change Academia Sinica Taipei Taiwan

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
DE‐AC05‐76RL01830; DE‐SC0005259; DE‐SC0014122; DE‐AC52‐07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231; AC05-76RL01830; SC0005259; SC0014122; AC52-07NA27344; DARI-0292; NSC100-2119-M-001-029-MY5; MOST105-2119-M-001-018
OSTI ID:
1426344
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1426348; OSTI ID: 1430530; OSTI ID: 1438686
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-126060; LLNL-JRNL-731760
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Journal Name: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres Vol. 123 Journal Issue: 5; ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher:
American Geophysical Union (AGU)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 55 works
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