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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2083-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-2083-2021
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Assessment of vertical air motion among reanalyses and qualitative comparison with very-high-frequency radar measurements over two tropical stations
Kizhathur Narasimhan Uma
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Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum-695022, India
Siddarth Shankar Das
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum-695022, India
Madineni Venkat Ratnam
National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Department of Space, Gadanki-517112, India
Kuniyil Viswanathan Suneeth
Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum-695022, India
India Meteorological Department, Ministry of Earth Sciences, New Delhi-110003, India
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Reanalysis data of vertical wind (w) are widely used by the atmospheric community to determine various calculations of atmospheric circulations, diabatic heating, convection, etc. There are no studies that assess the available reanalysis data with respect to observations. The present study assesses for the first time all the reanalysis w by comparing it with 20 years of radar data from Gadanki and Kototabang and shows that downdrafts and peaks in the updrafts are not produced in the reanalyses.
Reanalysis data of vertical wind (w) are widely used by the atmospheric community to determine...
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