Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies

In order to determine the feasibility of using reanalysis (ERA-Interim) for climate studies over the southern central Andes in South America, we have compared the most recent version of different data sets available to the community. The data sets include gridded in situ observations: Climate Resear...

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Autor principal: Rusticucci, Matilde
Publicado: 2014
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climate modeling
correlation
data set
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
precipitation (climatology)
rainfall
regional climate
winter
Andes
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spelling paper:paper_01480227_v119_n14_p8568_Rusticucci2023-06-08T15:13:08Z Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies Rusticucci, Matilde climate modeling correlation data set El Nino-Southern Oscillation precipitation (climatology) rainfall regional climate winter Andes In order to determine the feasibility of using reanalysis (ERA-Interim) for climate studies over the southern central Andes in South America, we have compared the most recent version of different data sets available to the community. The data sets include gridded in situ observations: Climate Research Unit (CRU), Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), and University of Delaware; merged satellite and in situ data: Global Precipitation Climatology Project; and satellite estimates: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. We pay particular attention to the region between 30° and 37°S and also the period 1970–1976 to evaluate the data sets. This is the period of maximum availability of meteorological stations in the region. Whereas all data sets provide an adequate representation of mean winter, GPCC provides the best for winter precipitation due to the large number of stations included in gridding. The CRU data set has fewer observations throughout the period. Although it cannot reproduce the localized maxima in the Andes, it provides a better representation of the regional precipitation and is best suited to evaluate trends. The temperature in the region is best estimated by CRU. We evaluate the ERA-Interim reanalysis to determine potential shortcomings. The trends in the region were analyzed during the period 1979–2010, and while CRU indicates a significant decrease in winter precipitation, ERA-Interim shows virtually no significant trends. Interannual variability is well represented by ERA-Interim, and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which has been proven to be the principal source of year to year precipitation variability in the region, is highly correlated there. © 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved. Fil:Rusticucci, M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2014 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_01480227_v119_n14_p8568_Rusticucci http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_01480227_v119_n14_p8568_Rusticucci
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collection Biblioteca Digital - Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales (UBA)
topic climate modeling
correlation
data set
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
precipitation (climatology)
rainfall
regional climate
winter
Andes
spellingShingle climate modeling
correlation
data set
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
precipitation (climatology)
rainfall
regional climate
winter
Andes
Rusticucci, Matilde
Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies
topic_facet climate modeling
correlation
data set
El Nino-Southern Oscillation
precipitation (climatology)
rainfall
regional climate
winter
Andes
description In order to determine the feasibility of using reanalysis (ERA-Interim) for climate studies over the southern central Andes in South America, we have compared the most recent version of different data sets available to the community. The data sets include gridded in situ observations: Climate Research Unit (CRU), Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), and University of Delaware; merged satellite and in situ data: Global Precipitation Climatology Project; and satellite estimates: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. We pay particular attention to the region between 30° and 37°S and also the period 1970–1976 to evaluate the data sets. This is the period of maximum availability of meteorological stations in the region. Whereas all data sets provide an adequate representation of mean winter, GPCC provides the best for winter precipitation due to the large number of stations included in gridding. The CRU data set has fewer observations throughout the period. Although it cannot reproduce the localized maxima in the Andes, it provides a better representation of the regional precipitation and is best suited to evaluate trends. The temperature in the region is best estimated by CRU. We evaluate the ERA-Interim reanalysis to determine potential shortcomings. The trends in the region were analyzed during the period 1979–2010, and while CRU indicates a significant decrease in winter precipitation, ERA-Interim shows virtually no significant trends. Interannual variability is well represented by ERA-Interim, and the El Niño–Southern Oscillation, which has been proven to be the principal source of year to year precipitation variability in the region, is highly correlated there. © 2014. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.
author Rusticucci, Matilde
author_facet Rusticucci, Matilde
author_sort Rusticucci, Matilde
title Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies
title_short Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies
title_full Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies
title_fullStr Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies
title_full_unstemmed Regional winter climate of the southern central Andes: Assessing the performance of ERA-Interim for climate studies
title_sort regional winter climate of the southern central andes: assessing the performance of era-interim for climate studies
publishDate 2014
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