An evaluation of surface climatology in state-of-the-art reanalyses over the Antarctic Ice Sheet

• Published in: Journal of Climate
• Main Authors: Gossart, A., Helsen, S., Lenaerts, J.T.M., Vanden Broucke, S., van Lipzig, N.P.M., Souverijns, N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Merra; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=322935

In this study, we evaluate output of near-surface atmospheric variables over the Antarctic Ice Sheet from four reanalyses: the new European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ERA-5 and its predecessor ERA-Interim, the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR), and the Modern-Era Retrospective...