Middle atmosphere humidity measurements and ECMWF analyses
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Middle atmosphere water vapour and dynamical features in aircraft measurements and ECMWF analyses D. G. Feist, A. J. Geer, S. Müller, and N. Kämpfer Institute of Applied Physics, University of Bern, Switzerland Data Assimilation Research Centre, University of Reading, UK now at: Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany now at: European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK Received: 20 November 2006 – Accepted: 14 December 2006 – Published: 10 January 2007 Correspondence to: D. G. Feist ([email protected])
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