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Title: THE RELIABILITY OF THE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE AND GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT DATA AND THEIR LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE 20CR PROJECT

THE RELIABILITY OF THE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE AND GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT DATA AND THEIR LONG-TERM CHANGES IN THE 20CR PROJECT
D. Basharin
1314-2704
English
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The reliability of surface air temperature (SAT) and 500 hPa geopotential height (H500) of the recent 20CR project data has been evaluated on daily, seasonal and longer timescales for western and eastern parts of Eurasia. The mean daily difference (between 20CR and observations) is up to 1°C in autumn-winter season and 2°C in the spring-summer season. For stations located in Western Eurasia the difference appears to be generically similar for selected stations in Eastern Eurasia region. The regional differences are more obvious for H500 and exceed several decameters. Nevertheless, the correlations between daily reanalysis data and observations look quite reliable and vary from about 0.65 to 0.95 over western and eastern Eurasian regions. Thus, the results confirm the validity of the modern approach used in the 20CR project and demonstrate a fairly good reliability of the reanalysis results for climate research. That?s why, long-term trends of the frequency of blockings over Eurasian region and mid-latitude SAT linear trends has been analysed for the 1875-2012 period. It was found the positive long-term trend of the frequency of winter blockings over Eurasian region accompanied by warming over most part of the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes.
conference
19th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2019
19th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2019, 30 June - 6 July, 2019
Proceedings Paper
STEF92 Technology
International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
Bulgarian Acad Sci; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Slovak Acad Sci; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; World Acad Sci; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Ac
1117-1124
30 June - 6 July, 2019
website
cdrom
5947
20CR reanalysis; the reliability of data; surface air temperature; geopotential height; long-term linear trends and changes