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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-13049-2022
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Research article
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11 Oct 2022
Research article |
| 11 Oct 2022
| 11 Oct 2022
The representation of the trade winds in ECMWF forecasts and reanalyses during EUREC4A
Alessandro Carlo Maria Savazzi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Louise Nuijens
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
Irina Sandu
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, UK
Geet George
Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
Peter Bechtold
Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Winds are of great importance for the transport of energy and moisture in the atmosphere. In this study we use measurements from the EUREC4A field campaign and several model experiments to understand the wind bias in the forecasts produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. We are able to link the model errors to heights above 2 km and to the representation of the diurnal cycle of winds: the model makes the winds too slow in the morning and too strong in the evening.
Winds are of great importance for the transport of energy and moisture in the atmosphere. In...
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