The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA

Abstract Using the Japanese Atmospheric General circulation model for the Upper Atmosphere Research-Data Assimilation System (JAGUAR-DAS), a whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis dataset (JAWARA) over about 19 years from September 2004 to December 2023 is produced. JAWARA is the first long-period rean...

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Main Authors: Dai Koshin, Kaoru Sato, Shingo Watanabe, Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00674-3
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Kaoru Sato
Shingo Watanabe
Kazuyuki Miyazaki
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description Abstract Using the Japanese Atmospheric General circulation model for the Upper Atmosphere Research-Data Assimilation System (JAGUAR-DAS), a whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis dataset (JAWARA) over about 19 years from September 2004 to December 2023 is produced. JAWARA is the first long-period reanalysis covering the height region from the surface to the lower thermosphere (~ 110 km). This wide height coverage is a notable advantage over other operational reanalysis datasets, which cover up to the middle mesosphere. Key dynamical characteristics are compared between JAWARA and two satellite observations and three other operational reanalysis datasets in their covered height regions. The seasonal variations of zonal mean temperature and zonal wind are similar between JAWARA and the datasets used for comparison. The climatologies of zonal mean temperature, zonal wind, residual-mean circulation, and E-P flux in the meridional cross section are also broadly consistent with other reanalysis datasets. The analyzed residual-mean vertical flow in the northern high latitudes in the middle atmosphere exhibits the well-known patterns of upwelling in summer and downwelling in winter. JAWARA also shows a prominent feature of strong downward propagating anomalies from the lower thermosphere to the upper stratosphere after sudden stratospheric warmings. This analysis takes full advantage of the JAWARA data, which cannot be made using satellite observations and other reanalysis datasets. This reanalysis product is expected to contribute broadly to future research on the characteristics of observed mesospheric phenomena, thermosphere–ionosphere coupling, space weather, and improvement of middle atmospheric meteorological systems, including their interannual and decadal scale variability.
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spelling doaj-art-df9f5196c41840e690d307d72fab30b02025-01-12T12:44:23ZengSpringerOpenProgress in Earth and Planetary Science2197-42842025-01-0112112510.1186/s40645-024-00674-3The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARADai Koshin0Kaoru Sato1Shingo Watanabe2Kazuyuki Miyazaki3Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Overseas Research FellowDepartment of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of TokyoJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and TechnologyJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of TechnologyAbstract Using the Japanese Atmospheric General circulation model for the Upper Atmosphere Research-Data Assimilation System (JAGUAR-DAS), a whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis dataset (JAWARA) over about 19 years from September 2004 to December 2023 is produced. JAWARA is the first long-period reanalysis covering the height region from the surface to the lower thermosphere (~ 110 km). This wide height coverage is a notable advantage over other operational reanalysis datasets, which cover up to the middle mesosphere. Key dynamical characteristics are compared between JAWARA and two satellite observations and three other operational reanalysis datasets in their covered height regions. The seasonal variations of zonal mean temperature and zonal wind are similar between JAWARA and the datasets used for comparison. The climatologies of zonal mean temperature, zonal wind, residual-mean circulation, and E-P flux in the meridional cross section are also broadly consistent with other reanalysis datasets. The analyzed residual-mean vertical flow in the northern high latitudes in the middle atmosphere exhibits the well-known patterns of upwelling in summer and downwelling in winter. JAWARA also shows a prominent feature of strong downward propagating anomalies from the lower thermosphere to the upper stratosphere after sudden stratospheric warmings. This analysis takes full advantage of the JAWARA data, which cannot be made using satellite observations and other reanalysis datasets. This reanalysis product is expected to contribute broadly to future research on the characteristics of observed mesospheric phenomena, thermosphere–ionosphere coupling, space weather, and improvement of middle atmospheric meteorological systems, including their interannual and decadal scale variability.https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00674-3ReanalysisMiddle atmosphereNeutral atmosphereData assimilationSatellite
spellingShingle Dai Koshin
Kaoru Sato
Shingo Watanabe
Kazuyuki Miyazaki
The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
Reanalysis
Middle atmosphere
Neutral atmosphere
Data assimilation
Satellite
title The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA
title_full The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA
title_fullStr The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA
title_full_unstemmed The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA
title_short The JAGUAR-DAS whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis: JAWARA
title_sort jaguar das whole neutral atmosphere reanalysis jawara
topic Reanalysis
Middle atmosphere
Neutral atmosphere
Data assimilation
Satellite
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s40645-024-00674-3
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