On the Reprocessing and Reanalysis of Observations for Climate
Available online: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266170887_On_the_Reprocessing_and_Reana [...]
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; J. Kennedy ; D. Dee ; A. O'Neill
Event: WCRP OSC Climate Research in Service to Society (24-28 October 2011; Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Denver, United States)
Published by: WMO ; 2011
The long observational record is critical to our understanding of the Earth’s climate, but most observing systems were not developed with a climate objective in mind. As a result, tremendous efforts have gone into assessing and reprocessing the data records to improve their usefulness in climate studies. Many challenges remain, such as tracking the improvement of processing algorithms. Reanalyses have fostered significant research, yet reliable global trends in many physical fields are not yet attainable, despite significant advances in data assimilation and numerical modeling. Communication of the strengths, limitations and uncertainties of reprocessed observations and reanalysis data, not only among the community of developers, but also with the extended research community, including the new generations of researchers and the decision makers is crucial for further advancement of the observational data records. WCRP provides the means to bridge the different motivating objectives on which national efforts focus.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Standard Copyright)Tags: Observations ; Climate monitoring 
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