Monthly mean climate data from a transient simulation with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model eXtension (WACCM-X) from 1950 to 2015
This dataset comprises monthly mean data from a global, transient simulation with the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model eXtension (WACCM-X) from 1950 to 2015. WACCM-X is a global atmosphere model covering altitudes from the surface up to ~500 km, i.e. including the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere and thermosphere.
WACCM-X version 2.0 (Liu et al., 2018) was used, part of the Community Earth System Model (CESM) release 2.1.0 made available by the US National Center for Atmospheric Research. The model was run in free-running mode with a horizontal resolution of 1.9° latitude 2.5° longitude (giving 96 latitude points and 144 longitude points) and 126 vertical levels. Further description of the model and simulation setup is provided by Cnossen (2020) and references therein. A large number of variables are included on standard monthly mean output files on the model grid, while selected variables are also offered interpolated to a constant height grid or vertically integrated in height (details below). Zonal mean and global mean output files are included as well.
The following data file types are included:
1)Monthly mean output on the full grid for the full set of variables; [DFT] = ''
2)Zonal mean monthly mean output for the full set of variables; [DFT] = _zm
3)Global mean monthly mean output for the full set of variables; [DFT] = _gm
4)Height-interpolated/-integrated output on the full grid for selected variables; [DFT] = _ht
A cos(latitude) weighting was used when calculating the global means.
Data were interpolated to a set of constant heights (61 levels in total) using the Z3GM variable (for variables output on midpoints, with "lev" as the vertical coordinate) or the Z3GMI variable (for variables output on interfaces, with "ilev" as the vertical coordinate) stored on the original output files (type 1 above). Interpolation was done separately for each longitude, latitude and time.
Mass density (DEN [g/cm3]) was calculated from the M_dens, N2_vmr, O2, and O variables on the original data files before interpolation to constant height levels.
The Joule heating power QJ [W/m3] was calculated using Q_J=_P B^2 [(u_i-u_n )^2+(v_i-v_n )^2+(w_i-w_n )^2] with P = Pedersen conductivity [S], B = geomagnetic field strength [T], ui, vi, and wi = zonal, meridional, and vertical ion velocities [m/s] and un, vn, and wn = neutral wind velocities [m/s]. QJ was integrated vertically in height (using a 2.5 km height grid spacing rather than the 61 levels on output file type 4) to give the JHH variable on the type 4 data files. The QJOULE variable also given is the Joule heating rate [K/s] at each of the 61 height levels.
All data are provided as monthly mean files with one time record per file, giving 792 files for each data file type for the period 1950-2015 (66 years).
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- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-10-13T14:13:10
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2020-10-13T14:13:10
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / dc91f5e39ae34fd883af81dfdbaf659c
- Identifier
- doi / 10.5285/dc91f5e39ae34fd883af81dfdbaf659c
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- unknown
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- dataset
- Keywords
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- WACCM-X
- model
- climate
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
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- Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
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- Spatial representation type
- grid
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 1950-01-01T00:00:00
- End date
- 2015-12-31T23:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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Liu, H.-L., C.G. Bardeen, B.T. Foster, et al. (2018), Development and validation of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere and ionosphere extension (WACCM-X 2.0), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10(2), 381â402, doi:60610.1002/2017ms001232.
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Analysis and Attribution of Climate Change in the Upper Atmosphere From 1950 to 2015 Simulated by WACCM‐X
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Liu, H.-L., C.G. Bardeen, B.T. Foster, et al. (2018), Development and validation of the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere and ionosphere extension (WACCM-X 2.0), Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 10(2), 381â402, doi:60610.1002/2017ms001232.
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Analysis and Attribution of Climate Change in the Upper Atmosphere From 1950 to 2015 Simulated by WACCM‐X
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- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).
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- File identifier
- dc91f5e39ae34fd883af81dfdbaf659c XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
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- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-07-31T23:53:51
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3