Comparing ECMWF high resolution analyses to lidar temperature measurements in the middle atmosphere

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Ehard, Benedikt, Malardel, Sylvie, Dörnbrack, Andreas, Kaifler, Bernd, Kaifler, Natalie, Wedi, Nils
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Lidar; Verkehrsmeteorologie; Sodankylä
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/115969/; https://elib.dlr.de/115969/1/14795172.pdf; https://rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.3206

Middle atmospheric lidar temperature observations conducted above Sodankylä, Finland (67.4N, 26.6E), during December 2015 are compared to two estimates of the atmospheric state computed by the integrated forecast system (IFS) of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The fir...