Status of High Latitude Precipitation Estimates from Observations and Reanalyses

• Main Authors: Behrangi, Ali, Huffman, George J., Gardner, Alex, Adler, Robert F., Christensen, Matthew, Richardson, Mark, Stephens, Graeme, Fetzer, Eric J., Lebsock, Matthew, Bolvin, David T., Lambrigtsen, Bjorn H.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Greenland; Merra; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20170003454

An intercomparison of high-latitude precipitation characteristics from observation-based and reanalysis products is performed. In particular, the precipitation products from CloudSat provide an independent assessment to other widely used products, these being the observationally based Global Precipi...