Evaluations of reanalyses[OE2]

[OE2-02] Is Coupled Data Assimilation Really Necessary?

*Gilbert P. Compo¹, Prashant D. Sardeshmukh¹, Philip Pegion², Jeffrey S. Whitaker², Adam M. Schneider¹, Sergey Frolov², Jessica Knezha¹, Chesley McColl¹, Laura Slivinski², Sherrie Frederick¹, Larry Spencer¹ (1. CIRES, University of Colorado at Boulder & Physical Sciences Laboratory, NOAA, 2. Physical Sciences Laboratory, NOAA)

Keywords:Comparisons with observations, intercomparisons, diagnostics, Data assimilation, assessment of the impact of assimilation