Evaluation of Seven Different Atmospheric Reanalysis Products in the Arctic*

Atmospheric reanalyses depend on a mix of observations and model forecasts. In data-sparse regions such as the Arctic, the reanalysis solution is more dependent on the model structure, assumptions, and data as-similation methods than in data-rich regions. Applications such as the forcing of ice–ocea...

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Main Authors: R. Lindsay, M. Wensnahan, A. Schweiger, J. Zhang
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.645.9060
http://psc.apl.washington.edu/zhang/Pubs/Lindsay_etal_reana2014.pdf
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Summary:Atmospheric reanalyses depend on a mix of observations and model forecasts. In data-sparse regions such as the Arctic, the reanalysis solution is more dependent on the model structure, assumptions, and data as-similation methods than in data-rich regions. Applications such as the forcing of ice–ocean models are sen-sitive to the errors in reanalyses. Seven reanalysis datasets for the Arctic region are compared over the 30-yr