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Met Office Africa-LAM L70 model output (12km resolution - 16th Mar. 2011 to 11th Sep. 2013)

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2020-05-04
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2011-11-22
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 45.23K Files | 16TB
Abstract

The Africa LAM Dataset is a collection of data outputs from a high resolution Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Limited Area Model over Africa (the Africa LAM), developed by the Met Office. Data is available for the period 2010 to September 2013. Data covering the period Jan 2010 to mid-March 2011 are from the 20km 38L model configuration while data from mid-March 2011 to 11th September 2013 are higher resolution from the 12km 70L model configuration. This dataset is access restricted to the academic research community only.

Citable as:  Met Office (2011): Met Office Africa-LAM L70 model output (12km resolution - 16th Mar. 2011 to 11th Sep. 2013). NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b2e6515ddd8572285be58ba18e99ad59
Abbreviation: NWP-AFRICA_LAM-12km
Keywords: NWP, Met Office, UM, unified model, Africa-LAM, atmospheric model

Details

Previous Info:
No news update for this record
Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_efea4aa2-14ff-11e1-b936-00163e251233
Access rules:
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data was routinely acquired from the Met Office for the period November 2010 to September 2013 when the Met Office retired the 12km Africa Limited Area Model (LAM).
Data Quality:
Operational data
File Format:
Met Office PP file format.

Related Documents

 Africa-LAM Information and File Format Explained

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Met Office Africa Limited Area L70 Model (Africa-LAM) deployed on Met Office supercomputer (Exeter)
Abstract

This computation involved: Met Office Africa Limited Area L70 Model (Africa-LAM) deployed on Met Office supercomputer (Exeter). The Africa Limited Area Model is a configuration of the Met Office Unified Model, which is a non-hydrostatic finite difference model with height as the vertical coordinate. It uses the full equations with virtually no approximations. Horizontal resolution is 0.11x0.11 degree (12km x 12km). Model has 70 levels.
Input Description

None
Output Description

None
Software Reference

None

No variables found.

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2011-03-16T00:00:00
End time:
2013-09-10T23:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
45.0000°
  
-20.0000°
  
62.0000°
 
-10.0000°
  
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Authors (1)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)