Validation of eight atmospheric reanalyses in the Antarctic Peninsula region

• Published in: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
• Main Authors: Nygard, Tiina, Vihma, Timo, Birnbaum, Gerit, Hartmann, Jorg, King, John, Lachlan-Cope, Tom, Ladkin, Russell, Lupkes, Christof, Weiss, Alexandra
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Merra; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510681/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/510681/1/Validation%20of%20eight%20atmospheric%20reanalyses%20AAM.pdf; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/qj.2691/abstract

Eight atmospheric reanalyses were compared against observed vertical profiles of temperature, specific humidity and wind speed collected by two research aircraft in February–March 2010 in the Antarctic Peninsula region. These data offered a rare possibility to validate reanalyses against independent...