In this paper, zonal momentum balances of the tropical atmospheric circulation during the global monsoon mature months (January and July) are analyzed in three dimensions based on the ECMWF Interim ReAnalysis (ERA-Interim). It is found that the dominant terms in the balance of the atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) in both months are the pressure gradient force, the Coriolis force, and friction. ...

A new snow scheme for the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) land surface model has been tested and validated. The scheme includes a new parameterization of snow density, incorporating a liquid water reservoir, and revised formulations for the subgrid snow cover fraction and snow albedo. Offline validation (covering a wide range of spatial and temporal scales) includes s...

High-resolution numerical weather forecasts from the Antarctic Mesoscale Prediction System (AMPS) archive are used to investigate the climate of West Antarctica (WA) during 2006–07. A comparison with observations from West Antarctic automatic weather stations confirms the skill of the model at simulating near-surface variables. AMPS cloud cover is also compared with estimates of monthly cloud f...

In this article, we examine atmospheric and river discharge conditions within the Hudson Bay Complex for BaySys 2016–2018 field program time frame. Investigated in particular is a subset of European Centre Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis - Interim (ERA-Interim) forcing variables, namely 2-m surface temperature, 10-m winds, precipitation, sea-level pressure, addition to discha...

Diabatic heating is diagnosed from the 40-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-40) circulation as a residue in the thermodynamic equation. The heating distribution is compared with the heating structure diagnosed from NCEP and 15-yr ECMWF Re-Analysis (ERA-15) circulation and latent heating generated from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) observations using the convective–stratiform heating (CSH) ...

In this study, we compare the diurnal variation in stratospheric ozone of MACC (Monitoring Atmospheric Composition and Climate) reanalysis, ECMWF Reanalysis Interim (ERA-Interim), free-running WACCM (Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model). The results from photochemical dynamical processes depending on altitude, latitude, season. reanalysis use similar chemistry modules calculate a cycle whe...

the main limitation of radar interferometry in measuring ground displacements is due to phase propagation delays caused by the troposphere. tropospheric water vapor is a major limitation for high precision interferometric synthetic aperture radar (insar)applications. using global meteorological reanalysis models and merisdata are two methods that can be used for correcting the effects of the tr...

The first Chinese operational Ku-band scatterometer on board Haiyang-2A (HY-2A), launched in August 2011, is designed for monitoring the global ocean surface wind. This study estimates the quality of the near-real-time (NRT) retrieval wind speed and wind direction from the HY-2A scatterometer for 36 months from 2012 to 2014. We employed three types of sea-surface wind data from oceanic moored b...

Wind speed affects the navigational safety of Yangtze River, and assessing its spatiotemporal dynamics provides support for navigation management disaster prevention. We developed a wind multiplier downscaling method integrating effects land use topography, used meteorological station observations European Center Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis Interim (ERA-Interim) reanalysis...