DANRA: the kilometer-scale Danish  regional atmospheric reanalysis

Yang, Xiaohua; Peralta, Carlos; Amstrup, Bjarne; Hintz, Kasper Stener; Thorsen, Søren Borg; Denby, Leif; Kamuk Christiansen, Simon; Schulz, Hauke; Pelt, Sebastian; Schreiner, Mathias

doi:10.5194/essd-18-2251-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2251-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-2251-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 3

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26 Mar 2026

Data description article |

| 26 Mar 2026

DANRA: the kilometer-scale Danish regional atmospheric reanalysis

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