Title | Analysis of near-surface biases in ERA-Interim over the Canadian Prairies |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | Betts, AK, Beljaars, ACM |
Journal | Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems |
Volume | 9 |
Date Published | 2017/08 |
Abstract | We quantify the biases in the diurnal cycle of temperature in ERA-Interim for both warm and cold season using hourly climate station data for four stations in Saskatchewan from 1979 to 2006. The warm season biases increase as opaque cloud cover decreases, and change substantially from April to October. The bias in mean temperature increases almost monotonically from small negative values in April to small positive values in the fall. Under clear skies, the bias in maximum temperature is of the order of 218C in June and July, and 228C in spring and fall; while the bias in minimum temperature increases almost monotonically from 118C in spring to 12.58C in October. The bias in the diurnal temperature range falls |
URL | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017MS001025/epdf |
DOI | 10.1002/2017MS001025 |
Short Title | J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst. |
Refereed Designation | Refereed |
Analysis of near-surface biases in ERA-Interim over the Canadian Prairies
Status:
Published
Attributable Grant:
BREE
Grant Year:
Year2
Acknowledged VT EPSCoR:
Ack-Yes