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Global model data generated for COVID-19 simulations 2012-2014

Global model data has been generated for COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) simulations. The model used was the United Kingdom Earth System Model 1.0 (UKESM1.0), in an atmosphere-only nudged configuration, with Met Office Unified Model version 11.5. The data is on a global N96 grid (192 x 144 points), and covers the years 2012, 2013, and 2014. These data were used to study the effect of COVID-19 lockdowns (simulated scenarios) on atmospheric composition and radiative forcing.

The dataset includes data used in the paper submitted to Geophysical Research Letters (GRL) August 2020 with title 'Minimal climate impacts from short-lived climate forcers following emission reductions related to the COVID-19 pandemic'. See Details/Docs tab for a link to this. For this purpose, there are four experimental integrations (a1, a2, a3, a4), and a control (con) for each year. The files are labelled using variable codes such as m01s34i001 to determine the model variable field contained. A full description of what these are can be found in the included docs/file variable_codes.txt.

The data are in NetCDF format, and were generated from the following suites: u-bt034, u-bt090, u-bt091, u-bt092, u-bt637, u-bt341, u-bt342, u-bt343, u-bt344, u-bt926, u-bt375, u-bt376, u-bt377, u-bt378, u-bt927.

This is a NERC funded project.

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Date (Publication)
2020-08-28T07:26:26
Date (Creation)
2020-08-28T07:26:26
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b5ea7341a7164525b74143d8afe77223
Identifier
Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / b5ea7341a7164525b74143d8afe77223
Identifier
doi / 10.5285/b5ea7341a7164525b74143d8afe77223
Author
  Unavailable - Staunton Sykes, John ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Shin, Youngsub ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Weber, James ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Archibald, Alex ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Abraham, Luke ( author )
Author
  Unavailable - Archer-Nicholls, Scott ( author )
Custodian
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - custodian
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Owner
  Unavailable - Staunton Sykes, John ( data_owner )
Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - distributor
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Principal investigator
  Unavailable - Archibald, Alex ( principal_investigator )
pointofContact
  NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis - point_of_contact
RAL Space , STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus , Didcot , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Publisher
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - publisher
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
Maintenance and update frequency
unknown Unknown
Update scope
dataset Dataset
Keywords
  • COVID19
  • covid
  • emissions
  • aerosol
  • simulations
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • atmospheric conditions
Access constraints
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Other constraints
Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use constraints
otherRestrictions Other restrictions
Other constraints
Under the following licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/, appropriate use of these data may fall under any use. This message is intended as guidance, always read the full licence. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
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grid Grid
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2012-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2014-12-31T23:59:59
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
Distribution format
  • The data are in NetCDF format. ()

Distributor
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) - Data Center Contact
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
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Minimal climate impacts from short-lived climate forcers following emission reductions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement

Simulations run on Met Office MONSooN2. Data extracted from MASS to JASMIN as PP files. Converted to CF-compliant NetCDF format using Python 3.7.1.

Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

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b5ea7341a7164525b74143d8afe77223 XML
Metadata language
EnglishEnglish
Character set
8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646 UTF8
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Date stamp
2025-11-15T03:20:39
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory , Harwell , Oxon , OX11 0QX , United Kingdom
01235446432
 
 

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atmospheric conditions

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