High resolution climate simulations over the Arctic |
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| Authors: | Annette Rinke Klaus Dethloff Arne Spekat Wolfgang Enke Jens Hesselbjerg Christensen |
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| Institution: | Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A43, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany;Institute of Meterology, Free University of Berlin, C.-H.-Becker-Weg 6-10, D-12165 Berlin, Germany;Danish Meteorological Institute, Lyngbyvej 100, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø. Denmark. |
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| Abstract: | The regional atmospheric climate model HIRHAM has been applied to the Arctic. Simulations for the whole year 1990 and for an ensemble of winter months (January of 1985-1995) have been performed. The comparison of the simulations with observational data analyses shows that the general spatial patterns are in good agreement with the data, in both the vertical structure and the annual cycle. For an additional validation of the model results, a multivariate classification of large-scale circulation patterns has been applied to the January ensemble model simulations. |
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