Dataset
Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model (WACCM) and WACCM-RR simulations for 2010
Abstract
The dataset was produced from two numerical simulations for the year 2010 using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with Regional Refinement (WACCM-RR). The standard configuration (Non-RR) uses a global horizontal resolution of approximately 1° (~111 km), while the refined configuration (RR) employs a nested grid of ~1/8° (~14 km) over the contiguous United States (CONUS) with 1° resolution elsewhere. The higher-resolution RR simulation directly resolves more gravity waves. Model outputs were post-processed to analyse differences in atmospheric composition and dynamics, including temperature, atomic oxygen (O), nitric oxide (NO), carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and ozone (O3), as well as vertical fluxes. The workflow includes model configuration, execution, data extraction, and analysis.
This dataset has been generated using the cam6_2_011 development tag of the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Earth System Model (CESM).
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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(s): 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. |
| Data lineage: |
Data were generated using a development version of CESM: cam6_2_011 followed by post-processing and analysis to derive the final variables. The workflow includes simulation setup, model execution, data extraction, and statistical analysis. Full details of the simulation configuration and processing pipeline are described in the associated publication: https://essopenarchive.org/doi/pdf/10.22541/essoar.174646151.14018850/v1?download=true. |
| Data Quality: |
Outputs were reviewed for physical plausibility and compared against expected ranges. Further details are provided in the associated publication: https://essopenarchive.org/doi/pdf/10.22541/essoar.174646151.14018850/v1?download=true.
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Process overview
Independent Instruments
| WACCM-RR (Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with Regional Refinement) |
| Output Description | None |
- var_id: CO
- var_id: CO
- long_name: CO concentration
- units: mol/mol
- var_id: CO2
- var_id: CO2
- units: mol/mol
- long_name: CO2 concentration
- var_id: CO2_n
- var_id: CO2_n_flux
- var_id: CO2_n_flux
- long_name: CO2_n_flux ( cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ )
- var_id: CO2_n_flux_std
- var_id: CO2_n_wtrans
- var_id: CO_n
- var_id: CO_n_flux
- var_id: CO_n_flux
- long_name: CO_n_flux ( cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ )
- var_id: CO_n_flux_std
- var_id: CO_n_wtrans
- units: m
- long_name: Geopotential Height (above sea level)
- var_id: Z3
- var_id: H2O
- var_id: H2O_n
- var_id: H2O_n_flux
- var_id: H2O_n_flux
- long_name: H2O_n_flux ( cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ )
- var_id: H2O_n_flux_std
- var_id: H2O_n_wtrans
- units: m/s
- long_name: Meridional wind
- var_id: V
- var_id: NO
- var_id: NO
- units: mol/mol
- long_name: NO concentration
- var_id: NO_n
- var_id: NO_n_flux
- var_id: NO_n_flux
- long_name: NO_n_flux ( cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ )
- var_id: NO_n_flux_std
- var_id: NO_n_wtrans
- var_id: O
- units: mol/mol
- long_name: O concentration
- var_id: O
- var_id: O3
- units: mol/mol
- long_name: O3 concentration
- var_id: O_n
- var_id: O_n_flux
- var_id: O_n_flux
- long_name: O_n_flux ( cm$^{-2}$ s$^{-1}$ )
- var_id: O_n_flux_std
- var_id: O_n_wtrans
- var_id: T
- var_id: T_flux
- var_id: T_flux
- long_name: T_flux ( Kelvin )
- var_id: T_flux_std
- var_id: T_spec
- var_id: T_wtrans
- units: K
- long_name: Temperature
- var_id: T
- var_id: U_spec
- var_id: V_spec
- units: Pa/s
- var_id: OMEGA
- long_name: Vertical velocity (pressure)
- units: m/s
- long_name: Zonal wind
- var_id: U
- var_id: date_range
- var_id: area
- long_name: gll grid areas
- var_id: h
- units: hPa
- var_id: ilev
- long_name: hybrid level at interfaces (1000*(A+B))
- units: hPa
- var_id: lev
- long_name: hybrid level at midpoints (1000*(A+B))
- var_id: lat
- units: degrees_north
- long_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- var_id: lev
- var_id: lon
- units: degrees_east
- long_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- var_id: spec
- var_id: spectral_dimension
- var_id: time
- var_id: time_bnds
- long_name: time interval endpoints
- var_id: w
- var_id: w_PSD
- var_id: w_spec
- var_id: H2O
- units: mol/mol
- long_name: water vapor concentration
Co-ordinate Variables
Temporal Range
2010-01-01T00:00:00
2010-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-90.0000° |