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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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03 Dec 2021
Research article |
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| 03 Dec 2021
Intercomparison of middle atmospheric meteorological analyses for the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009–2010
John P. McCormack
Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., USA
now at: Heliophysics Division, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C., USA
V. Lynn Harvey
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
Cora E. Randall
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder CO, USA
Nicholas Pedatella
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder CO, USA
Dai Koshin
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Kaoru Sato
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Lawrence Coy
Science Systems and Applications, Lanham MD, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA
Shingo Watanabe
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama, Japan
Fabrizio Sassi
Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., USA
Laura A. Holt
NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder CO, USA
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In order to have confidence in atmospheric predictions, it is important to know how well different numerical model simulations of the Earth’s atmosphere agree with one another. This work compares four different data assimilation models that extend to or beyond the mesosphere. Results shown here demonstrate that while the models are in close agreement below ~50 km, large differences arise at higher altitudes in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere that will need to be reconciled in the future.
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