What drives the low-level winds over the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica?

• Main Author: Nigro, Melissa Ann
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: CU Scholar 2012
• Subjects: Antarctica; Barrier winds; Dynamics; Katabatic winds; Numerical Weather Prediction Model; Synoptic forcing; Atmospheric Sciences; Meteorology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Ice Shelf; Prince Olav Mountains; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://scholar.colorado.edu/atoc_gradetds/25; https://scholar.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1026&context=atoc_gradetds

Due to the limited observations in the Antarctic and the challenges in validating numerical weather prediction model output, a new method for evaluating the performance of numerical weather prediction models is presented. Typical model evaluation techniques evaluate models using a case study of a sp...