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BBUBL: 1 km gridded output from WRF v3.6.1 model runs for the Birmingham conurbation for 2015

This dataset contains a range of parameters from a 1 km gridded output from runs of version 3.6.1 of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model deployed on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. These runs were part of the NERC funded BBUBL project (Biotelemetry/Bio-aerial-platforms for the Urban Boundary Layer - also known as City Flocks, NERC grant award NE/N003195/1). The domain of the model runs was over the set over Birmingham conurbation for all of 2015. This geo-temporal domain encompasses measurements of the urban boundary layer obtained from instrumentation attached to birds flown around the area. See related dataset.

The WRF model set up followed that used by Heaviside et al. (2015) - see linked documentation for details - and was run on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. Meteorology data from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim reanalysis data for initial and lateral boundary conditions.

The WRF v3.6.1 model set up implemented in this study included four nested domains. The domains had grid resolutions of 36 km x 36 km, 12 km x 12 km, 3 km x 3 km and 1 km x 1 km. The finest domain covered the West Midlands, centering over Birmingham. The multi-layer building energy parametrization (BEP) scheme with three land-use types (low-intensity residential, high-intensity residential and industrial/commercial) was also used.

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Date (Publication)
2021-09-29T10:12:01
Date (Creation)
2021-09-29T10:12:01
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4
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NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4
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doi / 10.5285/465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4
Author
  Unavailable - Zhong, Jian ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Cai, Xiaoming ( author )
Custodian
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - custodian
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - distributor
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  Unavailable - Cai, Xiaoming ( principal_investigator )
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - publisher
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Keywords
  • urban meteorology
  • boundary layer
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2015-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2015-12-31T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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  • Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted ()

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RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Heaviside, C., Cai, X.-M. and Vardoulakis, S. (2015), The effects of horizontal advection on the urban heat island in Birmingham and the West Midlands, United Kingdom during a heatwave. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 141: 1429-1441. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2452

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ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service

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2010-12-08
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2025-11-15T03:21:20
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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