A polar night temperature problem over Greenland

During winter season 2007-2008 a severe negative surface temperature bias developed over parts of Greenland in the operational weather prediction models operated at the Danish Meteororological Institute. The problem occurred mainly in the southern and western parts of Greenland for periods of time e...

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Main Authors: Bent H. Sass, Niels Woetmann Nielsen
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
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Language:English
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.614.2564
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Summary:During winter season 2007-2008 a severe negative surface temperature bias developed over parts of Greenland in the operational weather prediction models operated at the Danish Meteororological Institute. The problem occurred mainly in the southern and western parts of Greenland for periods of time extending from days to weeks. Other operational models such as the operational global model