Quantifying the Uncertainties of Reanalyzed Arctic Cloud and Radiation Properties Using Satellite Surface Observations

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Huang, Yiyi, Dong, Xiquan, Xi, Baike, Dolinar, Erica K., Stanfield, Ryan E., Qiu, Shaoyue
• Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Hydrol & Atmospher Sci, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AMER METEOROLOGICAL SOC 2017
• Subjects: Arctic; Greenland; Merra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625985; https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-16-0722.1

Reanalyses have proven to be convenient tools for studying the Arctic climate system, but their uncertainties should first be identified. In this study, five reanalyses (JRA-55, 20CRv2c, CFSR, ERA-Interim, and MERRA-2) are compared with NASA CERES-MODIS (CM)-derived cloud fractions (CFs), cloud wate...