Assessment of Atmospheric Reanalyses With Independent Observations in the Weddell Sea, the Antarctic

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
• Main Authors: Jonassen, Marius Opsanger, Valisuo, Ilona, Vihma, Timo, Uotila, Petteri, Makshtas, Alexander, P., Launiainen, Jouko
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2020
• Subjects: Antarctic; Merra; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1956/22943; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jd030897

Surface layer and upper‐air in situ observations from two research vessel cruises and an ice station in the Weddell Sea from 1992 and 1996 are used to validate four current atmospheric reanalysis products: ERA‐Interim, CFSR, JRA‐55, and MERRA‐2. Three of the observation data sets were not available...