Abstract: In order to asses the uncertainty of daily synoptic analyses for the atmospheric state, the intercomparison of three First GARP Global Experiment (FGGE) level IIIb datasets is conducted. The original analyses and reanalyses ...

Abstract: We evaluate the global distribution of diabatic heating rates based on the thermodynamic energy budget using the ECMWF Level IIIb FGGE analyses. We select the two 15-day periods of 27 January to 10 February 1979, during ...

Abstract: In order to ameliorate the precipitation spinup problem (prediction models? inability to produce realistic precipitation rates at the beginning of the forecast period), the impact of a tropical initialization procedure on ...