WCRP CMIP5: Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL) IPSL-CM5A-LR model output for the aqua planet plus 4K anomaly (aqua4K) experiment. These data cover the following realms: aerosol, atmos, land and ocean; at the following frequencies: 3hr, 6hr, day, fx and mon. The runs included the ensemble members: r0i0p0, r1i1p1 and r2i1p1. The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5), was a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and provided input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

WCRP CMIP5: National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) CFSv2-2011 model output for the 10-year hindcast/prediction initialized in year 1985 (decadal1985) experiment. These data cover the following realms: atmos, land, landIce, ocean and seaIce; at the following frequencies: fx and mon. The runs included the ensemble members: r0i0p0, r1i1p1, r2i1p1, r3i1p1 and r4i1p1. The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5), was a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and provided input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

WCRP CMIP5: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) MPI-ESM-LR model output for the RCP8.5 (rcp85) experiment. These data cover the following realms: atmos, land, landIce, ocean, ocnBgchem and seaIce; at the following frequencies: 6hr, day, fx, mon and yr. The runs included the ensemble members: r0i0p0, r1i1p1, r2i1p1 and r3i1p1. The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5), was a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and provided input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

Airborne atmospheric measurements from core instrument suite data on board the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft collected for CLouds and Aerosol Radiative Impacts and Forcing: Year 2016 (CLARIFY-2016) project.

WCRP CMIP5: Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) MPI-ESM-LR model output for the 4xCO2 aqua planet (aqua4xCO2) experiment. These data cover the following realm: atmos; at the following frequencies: day, fx, mon and monClim. The runs included the ensemble members: r0i0p0 and r1i1p1. The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5), was a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and provided input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

The Met Office's Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment (NAME) was used at the University of Leicester to produce atmospheric dispersion footprints centred on Beijing for use by the projects under the Atmospheric Pollution & Human Health in a Chinese Megacity (APHH) programme. These footprints are created by model runs in which thousands of particles are released from the chosen location and are tracked backwards in time.

WCRP CMIP5: The CSIRO-BOM team ACCESS1-0 model output for the RCP8.5 (rcp85) experiment. These data cover the following realms: aerosol, atmos, land, landIce, ocean and seaIce; at the following frequencies: 3hr, 6hr, day, fx and mon. The runs included the ensemble members: r0i0p0 and r1i1p1. The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5), was a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and provided input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5). The CSIRO-BOM team consisted of the following agencies: The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO, Australia) and Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).

This dataset contains the input data (initial conditions, boundary conditions, initial perturbations) for Met Office Unified Model simulations performed during the PRESTO (PREcipitation STructures over Orography) project. It also contains the 2D and 3D output files from these simulations. The PRESTO project was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) with the grant references - NE/I024984/1 and NE/I026545/1 - led by Professor Suzanne Gray (University of Reading) and Professor David Schultz (University of Manchester). PRESTO provided a leap forward in the understanding and prediction of quasi-stationary orographic convection in the UK and beyond. This was achieved through an intensive climatological analysis over several regions of the globe where continuous radar data was available, which identified the environmental conditions that support the bands and their characteristic locations and morphologies. Complementary high-resolution numerical simulations pinpointed the underlying mechanisms behind the bands and their predictability in numerical weather prediction models. This work provides positive impacts for the forecasting community, general public, and other academics in the field. Forecasters benefit from the identification of simple diagnostics that can be used operationally to predict these events based on available model forecasts and/or upstream soundings. A series of activities were used to directly engage with forecasters to effectively disseminate our findings. The public benefit from this improved forecasting of potentially hazardous precipitation events. The academic community benefit from the advanced physical understanding (which was disseminated through conferences, workshops, and peer-reviewed publications) and the numerous international collaborations associated with this project.

WCRP CMIP5: Beijing Climate Center (BCC) bcc-csm1-1 model output for the ESM feedback 1 (esmFdbk1) experiment. These data cover the following realms: atmos, land, landIce, ocean, ocnBgchem and seaIce; at the following frequencies: day, fx, mon and monClim. The runs included the ensemble members: r0i0p0 and r1i1p1. The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project, Phase 5 (CMIP5), was a global climate model intercomparison project, coordinated by PCMDI (Program For Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison) on behalf of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and provided input for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5).

In situ atmospheric measurements using the SAFIRE ATR42 Core Instrument suite onboard the ATR42 - SAFIRE aircraft for the GEOMAD - Measuring the geoid over Madeira project (flight reference: as40). Data were collected over the Madeira, Portugal area.