Evaluation of four global reanalysis products using in-situ observations in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Jones, R. W., Renfrew, I. A., Orr, A., Webber, B. G. M., Holland, D. M., Lazzara, M. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; Merra; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513726/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/513726/1/Jones_et_al-2016-Journal_of_Geophysical_Research__Atmospheres.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024680

The glaciers within the Amundsen Sea Embayment (ASE), West Antarctica, are amongst the most rapidly retreating in Antarctica. Meteorological reanalysis products are widely used to help understand and simulate the processes causing this retreat. Here we provide an evaluation against observations of f...