The ERA-40 Reanalysis

S.M. Uppala1, P.W. Kållberg1, A.J. Simmons1*, U. Andrae1, V. da Costa Bechtold1, M. Fiorino2, J.K Gibson1, J. Haseler1, A. Hernandez1, G.A. Kelly1, X. Li3, K. Onogi4, S. Saarinen1, N. Sokka1, R.P. Allan5,11, E. Andersson1, K. Arpe6, M.A. Balmaseda1, A.C.M. Beljaars1, L. van de Berg7, J. Bidlot1, N. Bormann1, S. Caires8, F. Chevallier1, A. Dethof1, M. Dragosavac1, M. Fisher1, M. Fuentes1, S. Hagemann6, E. Hólm1, B.J. Hoskins9, L. Isaksen1, P.A.E.M. Janssen1, R. Jenne10, A.P. McNally1, J.F. Mahfouf1, J.-J. Morcrette1, N.A Rayner11, R.W. Saunders11, P. Simon12, A. Sterl8, K.E. Trenberth10, A. Untch1, D. Vasiljevic1, P. Viterbo1 and J. Woollen13

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