An assessment of the Polar Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) model representation of near-surface meteorological variables over West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Deb, Pranab, Orr, Andrew, Hosking, J. Scott, Phillips, Tony, Turner, John, Bannister, Daniel, Pope, James O., Colwell, Steve
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: West Antarctica; Mellor; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511577/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511577/1/Deb_et_al-2016-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Atmospheres.pdf; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1002/2015JD024037/full

Despite the recent significant climatic changes observed over West Antarctica, which include large warming in central West Antarctica and accelerated ice loss, adequate validation of regional simulations of meteorological variables are rare for this region. To address this gap, results from a recent...