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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1415-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-3-1415-2022
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02 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 02 Dec 2022

Reanalysis representation of low-level winds in the Antarctic near-coastal region

Thomas Caton Harrison, Stavroula Biri, Thomas J. Bracegirdle, John C. King, Elizabeth C. Kent, Étienne Vignon, and John Turner

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Easterly winds encircle Antarctica, impacting sea ice and helping drive ocean currents which shield ice shelves from warmer waters. Reanalysis datasets give us our most complete picture of how these winds behave. In this paper we use satellite data, surface measurements and weather balloons to test how realistic recent reanalysis estimates are. The winds are generally accurate, especially in the most recent of the datasets, but important short-term variations are often misrepresented.