Reanalysis representation of low-level winds in the Antarctic near-coastal region

• Published in: Weather and Climate Dynamics
• Main Authors: Caton Harrison, Thomas, Biri, Stavroula, Bracegirdle, Thomas J., King, John C., Kent, Elizabeth C., Vignon, Étienne, Turner, John
• Other Authors: Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539) (LMD), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-École polytechnique (X)-École des Ponts ParisTech (ENPC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Département des Géosciences - ENS Paris, École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-École normale supérieure - Paris (ENS-PSL), Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)-Université Paris Sciences et Lettres (PSL)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2022
• Subjects: [SDU]Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Antarctic; Merra; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://insu.hal.science/insu-03993966; https://insu.hal.science/insu-03993966/document; https://insu.hal.science/insu-03993966/file/wcd-3-1415-2022.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1415-2022

International audience Low-level easterly winds encircling Antarctica help drive coastal currents which modify transport of circumpolar deep water to ice shelves, and the formation and distribution of sea ice. Reanalysis datasets are especially important at high southern latitudes where observations...