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The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set: WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-Interim reanalysis data

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Weedon, G. P., Balsamo, G., Bellouin, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2109-9559, Gomes, S., Best, M. J. and Viterbo, P. (2014) The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set: WATCH Forcing Data methodology applied to ERA-Interim reanalysis data. Water Resources Research, 50 (9). pp. 7505-7514. ISSN 0043-1397

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1002/2014WR015638

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The WFDEI meteorological forcing data set has been generated using the same methodology as the widely used WATCH Forcing Data (WFD) by making use of the ERA-Interim reanalysis data. We discuss the specifics of how changes in the reanalysis and processing have led to improvement over the WFD. We attribute improvements in precipitation and wind speed to the latest reanalysis basis data and improved downward shortwave fluxes to the changes in the aerosol corrections. Covering 1979–2012, the WFDEI will allow more thorough comparisons of hydrological and Earth System model outputs with hydrologically and phenologically relevant satellite products than using the WFD.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Meteorology
ID Code:38682
Uncontrolled Keywords:meteorological forcing; reanalysis data; bias correction
Publisher:American Geophysical Union
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