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Articles | Volume 17, issue 13
Articles | Volume 17, issue 13
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04 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 04 Jul 2017

Intercomparison of meteorological analyses and trajectories in the Antarctic lower stratosphere with Concordiasi superpressure balloon observations

Lars Hoffmann, Albert Hertzog, Thomas Rößler, Olaf Stein, and Xue Wu

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We present an intercomparison of temperatures and horizontal winds of five meteorological data sets (ECMWF operational analysis, ERA-Interim, MERRA, MERRA-2, and NCEP/NCAR) in the Antarctic lower stratosphere. The assessment is based on 19 superpressure balloon flights during the Concordiasi field campaign in September 2010 to January 2011. The balloon data are used to successfully validate trajectory calculations with the new Lagrangian particle dispersion model MPTRAC.
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