Analyzing the Accuracy of ERA-Interim Data on Total Atmospheric
Water Vapor in the Arctic Estimated from AMSR2 Data |
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Authors: | E V Zabolotskikh B Chapron |
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Abstract: | The accuracy of the ERA-Interim reanalysis data
on total atmospheric water vapor is assessed using the AMSR2 (Advanced
Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2) measurements. The values of total
column water vapor over the open ocean obtained by applying the improved
algorithm to the ASMR2 data are used as reference ones to evaluate the
quality of water vapor content reproduced by the reanalysis. The
analysis performed for the Arctic region for 2015 and based on the
average daily values demonstrated a high accuracy of ERA-Interim data on
the Arctic water vapor equal to 1.1 kg/m2, which decreases
for the water vapor values above 15 kg/m2. Under such
conditions, the ERA-Interim data underestimate the water vapor content
by several kg/m2. The accuracy of ERA-Interim total water
vapor over the seas of the eastern sector of the Russian Arctic is 30%
lower than for the other Arctic regions. |
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