This dataset contains model data for SNAPSI experiment 'nudged-full' produced by scientists at UKMO (UK Met Office, Exeter, UK). It is generated with the coupled climate model GloSea6.

The SNAPSI project is a model intercomparison project to study the role of the stratosphere in subseasonal forecasts following stratospheric sudden warmings and the representation of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in subseasonal forecast models.

The nudged-full experiment is a set of retrospective, 45-day, 50-member ensemble forecasts. Following the initial date, stratospheric temperatures and horizontal winds are nudged towards the observed time-evolving state. The forecasts are initialized on the date indicated by the sub-experiment id; for instance, the sub-experiment 's20180125' is initialized on 25 January 2018. The ocean, sea-ice, land-surface and ozone are all initialized and run prognostically.

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Sources of additional information
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The following web links are provided in the Details/Docs section of this catalogue record:
- Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): A Protocol for Investigating the Role of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex in Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts
- New set of controlled numerical experiments: Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI)
- MacLachlan, C., Arribas, A., Peterson, K. A., Maidens, A., Fereday, D., Scaife, A. A., Gordon, M., Vellinga, M., Williams, A., Comer, R. E., Camp, J., Xavier, P., and Madec, G.: Global Seasonal forecast system version 5 (GloSea5): a high-resolution seasonal forecast system, Q. 605 J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 141, 1072–1084, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2396, 2014