Articles | Volume 14, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2715-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-2715-2020
Brief communication
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27 Aug 2020
Brief communication |  | 27 Aug 2020

Brief communication: Evaluating Antarctic precipitation in ERA5 and CMIP6 against CloudSat observations

Marie-Laure Roussel, Florentin Lemonnier, Christophe Genthon, and Gerhard Krinner

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The Antarctic precipitation is evaluated against space radar data in the most recent climate model intercomparison CMIP6 and reanalysis ERA5. The seasonal cycle is mostly well reproduced, but relative errors are higher in areas of complex topography, particularly in the higher-resolution models. At continental and regional scales all results are biased high, with no significant progress in the more recent models. Predicting Antarctic contribution to sea level still requires model improvements.