Meteorological synoptical observations from Neumayer Station, 1981-03 to 2011-12, reference list of 372 datasets ...

ERA-Interim reanalysis data and data of the Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model version 2 (HadGEM2) are compared with continuous meteorological observations of near-surface wind and temperature carried out for more than 30 years at Neumayer station, situated on the Ekstro¨m Ice Shelf of Antarct...

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Main Authors: Klöwer, Milan, Jung, Thomas, König-Langlo, Gert, Semmler, Tido
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: PANGAEA 2013
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.1594/pangaea.810182
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.810182
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Summary:ERA-Interim reanalysis data and data of the Hadley Centre Global Environmental Model version 2 (HadGEM2) are compared with continuous meteorological observations of near-surface wind and temperature carried out for more than 30 years at Neumayer station, situated on the Ekstro¨m Ice Shelf of Antarctica. Significant temperature correlations between Neumayer climate and the climate of both the interior of the Antarctic continent and oceanic regions north of Neumayer are investigated using observational data and model data. Mean sea level pressure fluctuations at Neumayer can be connected to changes in the Southern Annular Mode (SAM). Shortcomings in the ERA-Interim reanalysis data with spurious trends of up to 7 C over 31 years are identified at several places in Antarctica. Furthermore, it is shown that katabatic winds in both the ERA-Interim reanalysis data and in the HadGEM2 climate model are underrepresented in frequency and speed, presumably due to the problems in representing topography in these ... : The data collection contains 372 links to meteorological synoptical observations from Neumayer Station. It covers all available measurements from the time period between 1981-03 and 2011-12. ...