Dataset
Cascade: Africa-12km xfixa model run data
Update Frequency: Unknown
Latest Data Update: 2014-09-22
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2008-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 878 Files | 257GB
Abstract
Cascade was a NERC funded consortium project to study organized convection and scale interactions in the tropical atmosphere using large domain cloud system resolving model simulations. This dataset contains data from the xfixa simulation which ran using the Met Office Unified Model (UM) at 12km horizontal resolution over the domain 20W-20E, 5S-28N which encompasses the west african monsoon. Cascade Africa simulations are used to study African Easterly Waves.
This dataset contains 4km Africa model measurements from xfixa run.
Citable as: Woolnough, S. (2008): Cascade: Africa-12km xfixa model run data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/5f6f72fd4f5048b8bf65225cf4ac79a9
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Cascade, atmosphere, UM, Unified Model
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were generated using the Met Office Unified Model (UM) at 12km horizontal resolution over the domain 20W-20E, 5S-28N. Cascade data has been converted to CF-netCDF by the cascade team using one of two tools: UKMOIDL or xconv, then passed on to the BADC for archiving. |
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Data are netCDF formatted
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Process overview
This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
| Title | Met Office operational unified model (UM) deployed on unknown computer |
| Abstract | This computation involved: Met Office operational unified model (UM). |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
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- units:
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- var_id: data
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- var_id: data
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- var_id: data
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- var_id: tendency_of_air_temperature
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- units:
- var_id: data
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- units:
- var_id: data
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- var_id: data
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- var_id: eastward_wind
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- units: m s-1
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- var_id: data
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- long_name: dV SOLVER INC ON MODEL LEVELS
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- long_name: longitude in rotated grid
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Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2006-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2006-01-10T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
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5.0000° |
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