Appendix a

Developments to improve the models

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  Convection scheme
  
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  Radiation scheme
  
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  More realistic soil humidity
  
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  New vegetation map
  
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  Variability of co2 and ozone
  

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Japan Meteorological Agency Contributions to CEOP: Takayuki Matsumura, Tomoaki Ose and Masayuki Hirai

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  Data : Assimilation fields
  

(Analysis and subsequent 6 H Forecast)

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  Format : GRIB1 ( Gridded data ) 6 hourly
  

ASCII ( MOLTS data ) 1 hourly

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  Period : 1 Oct. 2002 ~ 31 Dec. 2004 (EOP3 & EOP4)
  
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  Status : EOP-3 completed soon
  

JAPANESE REANALYSIS PROJECT (JRA-25) http://www.jreap.org/indexe.html