Extreme Precipitation in the Eastern Canadian Arctic and Greenland: An Evaluation of Atmospheric Reanalyses

• Published in: Frontiers in Environmental Science
• Main Authors: Nicole A. Loeb, Alex Crawford, Julienne C. Stroeve, John Hanesiak
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: extreme precipitation; atmospheric reanalysis; Arctic; climate; Greenland; Canadian Arctic; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Merra
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.866929; https://doaj.org/article/f3c77614667345c3b37e4f45ea023221

Extreme precipitation events are becoming more common in the Arctic as the climate warms, but characterizing these events is notoriously challenging. Atmospheric reanalyses have become popular tools for climate studies in data-sparse regions such as the Arctic. While modern reanalyses have been show...