WAVE partners published a paper entitled “Intercomparison of Middle Atmospheric Meteorological Analyses for the Northern Hemisphere Winter 2009-2010” in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions.
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.
McCormack, J., V.L. Harvey, C.E. Randall, N. Pedatella, K. Sato, D. Koshin, S. Watanabe, & L. Holt (2021), Intercomparison of Middle Atmospheric Meteorological Analyses for the Northern Hemisphere Winter 2009-2010, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., doi:10.5194/acp-2021-224.
