Evaluation of 20CR reanalysis data and model results based on historical (1930–1940) observations from Franz Josef Land

• Main Authors: Klaus, Daniel, Wyszyński, Przemysław, Dethloff, Klaus, Przybylak, Rajmund, Rinke, Annette
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; 20th Century Reanalysis; regional climate model; early twentieth century warming; Franz Josef Land; polar night; Polar Research; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/5366; https://doi.org/10.24425/118747

Unique and independent historical observations, carried out in the central Arctic during the early twentieth century warming (ETCW) period, were used to evaluate the older (20CRv2) and newer (20CRv2c) versions of the 20th Century Reanalysis and the HIRHAM5 regional climate model. The latter can redu...