Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6681-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-6681-2016
Research article
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02 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 02 Jun 2016

Representation of the tropical stratospheric zonal wind in global atmospheric reanalyses

Yoshio Kawatani, Kevin Hamilton, Kazuyuki Miyazaki, Masatomo Fujiwara, and James A. Anstey

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This paper compares the representation of the monthly-mean zonal wind in the equatorial stratosphere among major global atmospheric reanalysis data sets. Differences among reanalysis display a prominent equatorial maximum, indicating the particularly challenging nature of the reanalysis problem in the low-latitude stratosphere. Our study confirms that the high accuracy in situ wind measurements have provided important constraints to reanalyses of circulation in the tropical stratosphere.
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