Tropopause sharpening by data assimilation

Abstract Data assimilation was recently suggested to smooth out the sharp gradients that characterize the tropopause inversion layer (TIL) in systems that did not assimilate TIL‐resolving observations. We investigate whether this effect is present in the ERA‐Interim reanalysis and the European Centr...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	R. Pilch Kedzierski, L. Neef, K. Matthes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2016-08-01
Subjects:	Tropopause Inversion Layer Data Assimilation increments ERA‐Interim and ECMWF operational
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069936