Evaluation of the Reanalysis Products from GSFC, NCEP, and ECMWF Using Flux Tower Observations

Author:

Decker Mark1,Brunke Michael A.2,Wang Zhuo2,Sakaguchi Koichi2,Zeng Xubin2,Bosilovich Michael G.3

Affiliation:

1. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, and Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

2. Department of Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

3. Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland

Abstract

Abstract Reanalysis products produced at the various centers around the globe are utilized for many different scientific endeavors, including forcing land surface models and creating surface flux estimates. Here, flux tower observations of temperature, wind speed, precipitation, downward shortwave radiation, net surface radiation, and latent and sensible heat fluxes are used to evaluate the performance of various reanalysis products [NCEP–NCAR reanalysis and Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) from NCEP; 40-yr European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA-40) and ECMWF Interim Re-Analysis (ERA-Interim) from ECMWF; and Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) and Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) from the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)]. To combine the biases and standard deviation of errors from the separate stations, a ranking system is utilized. It is found that ERA-Interim has the lowest overall bias in 6-hourly air temperature, followed closely by MERRA and GLDAS. The variability in 6-hourly air temperature is again most accurate in ERA-Interim. ERA-40 is found to have the lowest overall bias in latent heat flux, followed closely by CFSR, while ERA-40 also has the lowest 6-hourly sensible heat bias. MERRA has the second lowest and is close to ERA-40. The variability in 6-hourly precipitation is best captured by GLDAS and ERA-Interim, and ERA-40 has the lowest precipitation bias. It is also found that at monthly time scales, the bias term in the reanalysis products are the dominant cause of the mean square errors, while at 6-hourly and daily time scales the dominant contributor to the mean square errors is the correlation term. Also, it is found that the hourly CFSR data have discontinuities present due to the assimilation cycle, while the hourly MERRA data do not contain these jumps.

Publisher

American Meteorological Society

Subject

Atmospheric Science

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