Atmospheric variability
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Atmospheric variability#
Summary: The ERA5 reanalysis dataset provides information about the atmosphere that can help contextualize sea ice conditions. Here, we’ll plot 2 meter temperature and downwelling longwave radiation from ERA5 to get a sense for the atmospheric conditions during each winter season.
Version history: Version 1 (01/01/2022)
Import notebook dependencies#
import xarray as xr # For working with gridded climate data
from utils.read_data_utils import read_book_data # Helper function for reading the data from the bucket
from utils.plotting_utils import static_winter_comparison_lineplot, staticArcticMaps, interactiveArcticMaps, compute_gridcell_winter_means # Plotting utils
# Plotting dependencies
%config InlineBackend.figure_format = 'retina'
import matplotlib as mpl
mpl.rcParams['figure.dpi'] = 150 # Sets figure size in the notebook
# Remove warnings to improve display
import warnings
warnings.filterwarnings('ignore')