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On the accuracy of analysed low temperatures in the stratosphere |
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B. M. Knudsen |
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Englisch
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1680-7316
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In: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics ; 3, no. 5 ; Nr. 3, no. 5 (2003-10-16), S.1759-1768 |
| Datensatznummer |
250001275
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/acp-3-1759-2003.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| The accuracy of ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts)
temperatures has been investigated by comparison to radiosonde temperatures. Particularly,
the extent of temperatures below which Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) consisting of nitric
acid trihydrate can exist (TNAT) has been studied. In the 1999/2000 winter analyses and in the
40 year reanalyses (ERA40) from the winter 1996/1997 the analysed extent agrees quite well
with the radiosondes extent, whereas the 2002/2003 winter analyses considerably
overestimate the extent from 40-11 hPa due to a general cold bias. Close to the frost point
small-scale temperature variations, which ECMWF does not catch, substantially increase the
extent of these low temperatures. Some of these small-scale variations are caused by lee-waves. |
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