Inter-comparison of ERA-5, ERA-interim and GPCP rainfall over the last 40 years: Process-based analysis of systematic and random differences

• Published in: Journal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 583; p. 124632
• Main Author: Nogueira, Miguel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.04.2020
• Subjects: Climate; Dynamics; Rainfall datasets; Rainfall variability; Reanalysis; Reanalysis; Climate; Rainfall variability; Dynamics; Rainfall datasets

•ERA-5 had lower systematic and random errors than ERA-Interim, mainly over the tropics.•Convective rainfall and moisture convergence patterns are better represented in ERA-5.•Rainfall trends had large spread between datasets, without improvement in ERA-5. This study presents a comprehensive inter-c...