Accumulation over the Greenland Ice Sheet as Represented in Reanalysis Data |
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Authors: | CHEN Linling Ola M JOHANNESSEN WANG Huijun and Atsumu OHMURA |
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Institution: | Nansen--Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029,Mohn--Sverdrup Center, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen 5006, Norway, Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen 5006, Norway,Mohn--Sverdrup Center, Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center, Bergen 5006, Norway, Nansen Scientific Society, Bergen 5006, Norway,Nansen--Zhu International Research Centre, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029,Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science,Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich 8092, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Annual precipitation, evaporation, and calculated accumulation from
reanalysis model outputs have been investigated for the Greenland Ice Sheet
(GrIS), based on the common period of 1989--2001. The ERA-40 and ERA-interim
reanalysis data showed better agreement with observations than do NCEP-1 and
NCEP-2 reanalyses. Further, ERA-interim showed the closest spatial
distribution of accumulation to the observation. Concerning temporal
variations, ERA-interim showed the best correlation with precipitation
observations at five synoptic stations, and the best correlation with in itu
measurements of accumulation at nine ice core sites. The mean annual
precipitation averaged over the whole GrIS from ERA-interim (363 mm
yr-1) and mean annual accumulation (319 mm yr-1) are
very close to the observations. The validation of accumulation calculated
from reanalysis data against ice-core measurements suggests that further
improvements to reanalysis models are needed. |
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Keywords: | Greenland Ice Sheet reanalysis data precipitation accumulation |
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