SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project

S-RIP Publications

Currently open: The SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Phase 2 (ACP/WCD inter-journal SI):

SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Final Report (SPARC, 2022):

  • SPARC (2022), SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Final Report ,edited by Masatomo Fujiwara, Gloria L. Manney, Lesley J. Gray, and Jonathon S. Wright, SPARC Report No. 10, WCRP-6/2021, doi: 10.17874/800dee57d13, available at https://www.sparc-climate.org/sparc-report-no-10/.

    (Chapter "2E" (an extended version) is available here.)

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The S-RIP major journal articles:

  • Chapters 1 and 2:

  • Fujiwara, M., J. S. Wright, G. L. Manney, L. J. Gray, J. Anstey, T. Birner, S. Davis, E. P. Gerber, V. L. Harvey, M. I. Hegglin, C. R. Homeyer, J. A. Knox, K. Krüger, A. Lambert, C. S. Long, P. Martineau, A. Molod, B. M. Monge-Sanz, M. L. Santee, S. Tegtmeier, S. Chabrillat, D. G. H. Tan, D. R. Jackson, S. Polavarapu, G. P. Compo, R. Dragani, W. Ebisuzaki, Y. Harada, C. Kobayashi, W. McCarty, K. Onogi, S. Pawson, A. Simmons, K. Wargan, J. S. Whitaker, and C.-Z. Zou: Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1417-1452, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-1417-2017, 2017. [ACP]

  • Chapter 3:

  • Long, C. S., M. Fujiwara, S. Davis, D. M. Mitchell, and C. J. Wright: Climatology and interannual variability of dynamic variables in multiple reanalyses evaluated by the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14593-14629, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-14593-2017, 2017. [ACP]

  • Chapter 4:

  • Davis, S. M., M. I. Hegglin, M. Fujiwara, R. Dragani, Y. Harada, C. Kobayashi, C. Long, G. L. Manney, E. R. Nash, G. L. Potter, S. Tegtmeier, T. Wang, K. Wargan, and J. S. Wright: Assessment of upper tropospheric and stratospheric water vapour and ozone in reanalyses as part of S-RIP, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 12743-12778, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-12743-2017, 2017. [ACP]

The S-RIP other references:

Wright, J., G. Manney, and M. Fujiwara: Planning and proposal for phase 2 of the SPARC-Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), SPARC Newsletter, No.60, 12–16, January 2023. [SPARC]
Fujiwara, M., G. L. Manney, L. J. Gray, and J. S. Wright: S-RIP Final Report Published, SPARC Newsletter, No.58, 12–13, January 2022. [SPARC]
Fujiwara, M., G. Manney, L. Gray, J. Wright, and S. Davis: S-RIP activities in 2018, SPARC Newsletter, No.52, 19–20, January 2019. [SPARC]
McCormack, J., M. Fujiwara, Q. Errera, L. Gray, G. Manney, B. Monge-Sanz, and R. Dragani: The 2017 S-RIP workshop and the 13th SPARC data assimilation workshop, SPARC Newsletter, No.50, 26–29, February 2018. [SPARC]
Long, C. S., M. Fujiwara, S. Davis, D. M. Mitchell, and C. J. Wright: Climatology and interannual variability of dynamic variables in multiple reanalyses evaluated by the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 14593-14629, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-14593-2017, 2017. [ACP]
Davis, S. M., M. I. Hegglin, M. Fujiwara, R. Dragani, Y. Harada, C. Kobayashi, C. Long, G. L. Manney, E. R. Nash, G. L. Potter, S. Tegtmeier, T. Wang, K. Wargan, and J. S. Wright: Assessment of upper tropospheric and stratospheric water vapour and ozone in reanalyses as part of S-RIP, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 12743-12778, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-12743-2017, 2017. [ACP]
Fujiwara, M., J. S. Wright, G. L. Manney, L. J. Gray, J. Anstey, T. Birner, S. Davis, E. P. Gerber, V. L. Harvey, M. I. Hegglin, C. R. Homeyer, J. A. Knox, K. Krüger, A. Lambert, C. S. Long, P. Martineau, A. Molod, B. M. Monge-Sanz, M. L. Santee, S. Tegtmeier, S. Chabrillat, D. G. H. Tan, D. R. Jackson, S. Polavarapu, G. P. Compo, R. Dragani, W. Ebisuzaki, Y. Harada, C. Kobayashi, W. McCarty, K. Onogi, S. Pawson, A. Simmons, K. Wargan, J. S. Whitaker, and C.-Z. Zou: Introduction to the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) and overview of the reanalysis systems, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 17, 1417-1452, doi: 10.5194/acp-17-1417-2017, 2017. [ACP]
Fujiwara, M., Q. Errera, L. J. Gray, G. L. Manney, J. McCormack, and J. Anstey: The 12th SPARC Data Assimilation Workshop and 2016 S-RIP Workshop, SPARC Newsletter, No.48, 41–44, January 2017. [SPARC]
Gerber, E., A. Karpechko, E. Manzini, D. Domeisen, C. Garfinkel, K. Grise, M. Iza, A. Ming, M. Sigmond, I. Simpson, J. Smith, and N. Tyrrell: The Large-Scale Atmospheric Circulation: Confronting Model Biases and Uncovering Mechanisms SPARC/DynVar and S-RIP Workshop, SPARC Newsletter, No.48, 26–29, January 2017. [SPARC]
Errera, Q., M. Fujiwara, and B. Legras: The 2015 S-RIP workshop and 11th SPARC data assimilation workshop, SPARC Newsletter, No.47, 12–19, July 2016. [SPARC]
SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), in Annual Report SPARC 2015, 23-24. [pdf]
Progress Report of the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), 29 June 2015 [pdf]
SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), in Annual Report SPARC 2014, 29-30. [pdf]
Errera, Q., M. Fujiwara, C. Long, and D. Jackson: Report from the 10th SPARC data assimilation workshop and the 2014 SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) workshop in Washington DC, USA, SPARC Newsletter, No.44, 31–38, January 2015. [SPARC]
Progress Report of the SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), 9 June 2014 [pdf]
S-RIP Implementation Plan, version 1.0 (February 2014) [pdf]
SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP), in Annual Report SPARC 2013, 28. [pdf]
Fujiwara, M., and D. Jackson: SPARC Reanalysis Intercomparison Project (S-RIP) Planning Meeting, 29 April–1 May 2013, Exeter, UK, SPARC Newsletter, No. 41, 52–55, July 2013. [SPARC]
S-RIP - SPARC Reanalysis/analysis Intercomparison Project, in Annual Report SPARC 2012, 21. [pdf]
Fujiwara, M., S. Polavarapu, and D. Jackson: A proposal of the SPARC Reanalysis/Analysis Intercomparison Project, SPARC Newsletter, No. 38, 14–17, January 2012. [SPARC]