Intercomparison of atmospheric reanalysis data in the Arctic region: To derive site-specific forcing data for terrestrial models

Junko Mori1, Kazuyuki Saito2, Hirokazu Machiya1,2, Hironori Yabuki3, Hiroki Ikawa4, Takeshi Ohta5, Yoshihiro Iijima2, Ayumi Kotani5, Rikie Suzuki6, Shin Miyazaki7, Atsushi Sato1, Tomohiro Hajima8 and Tetsuo Sueyoshi1, (1)NIPR National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, (2)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (3)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Yokohama-city, Japan, (4)Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Sapporo, Japan, (5)Nagoya University, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, (6)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Geochemical Cycle Research, Kanagawa, Japan, (7)Sonic Corporation, Tachikawa, Japan, (8)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Research Center for Environmental Modeling and Application, Yokohama, Japan