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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2016, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 168-191

Evaluation of the quality of polar low reconstruction using reanalysis and regional climate modelling

M.I. Varentsov 1, 2 , P.S. Verezemskaya 3, 4 , E.V. Zabolotskikh 5 , I.A. Repina 6, 7 
1 A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmosphere Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
3 M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Research Computing Center, Moscow, Russia
4 P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Moscow, Russia
5 Russian State Hydrometeorological University, Saint Petersburg, Russia
6 A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
7 Space Research Institute RAS, Moscow, Russia
Accepted: 26.08.2016
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2016-13-8-168-191
Polar mesoscale cyclones, also known as polar lows, play an important role in the climate system of the Polar Regions. However, identification, analysis and investigation of polar lows based on standard synoptic information and global reanalysis products is complicated by relatively small size and short lifetime of such vortexes. In this paper we evaluate the quality of polar lows representation by modern reanalyses and regional climate model in comparison with the data of satellite observations in different spectral ranges. NCEP-NCAR, ERA-Interim, MERRA global reanalyses, regional ASR reanalysis and regional climate model COSMO-CLM are used. Results of comparison show that spatial resolution of modern reanalyses is insufficient for adequate representation of polar lows. The best correspondence with satellite data was shown by results of dynamic downscaling of reanalysis data to higher resolution by COSMO-CLM model with application of spectral nudging technique, although in certain moments the model could deviate from the observational data. ASR reached the best results among reanalyses. However, it is also the result of global reanalysis downscaling by the regional atmospheric model. Therefore, adequate identification of polar lows, their tracking and assessment of their parameters require simultaneous usage of surface and satellite observations, assimilated to reanalysis data, and the results of regional modelling with higher spatial resolution.
Keywords: polar low, regional climate modelling, downscaling, reanalysis, multispectral remote sensing
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