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SPECS - KNMI EC-EARTH2 model output prepared for SPECS seaIceInit (1919-1949)

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2015-03-12
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2015-09-25
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 1.7M Files | 18TB

Abstract

This dataset includes the KNMI EC-EARTH2 model output prepared for SPECS (1919-1949). These data were prepared by the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), as part of the SPECS project.

Model id is EC-EARTH2 (EC-EARTH2 v2.3 official release from ECMWF), frequency is 6 hourly, daily and monthly.

6-hourly Atmospheric variables are:
clt psl tas tdps uas vas

Daily Atmospheric variables are:
pr rls rlut rsds tasmax tasmin

Monthly atmos variables:
al hfls pr rls rsds snld tas tasmin uas zg
clt hfss psl rlut rss ta tasmax tdps vas

Monthly ocean variables:
mlotst msftmyz msftmyza sos thetao tos uo vo wo zos

Monthly seaIce variables:
sic sit snd tsice usi vsi

Citable as:  Severijns, C. (2015): SPECS - KNMI EC-EARTH2 model output prepared for SPECS seaIceInit (1919-1949). Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/3204c2ba08ba4422ad3e71e8073e7776
Abbreviation: SPECS-KNMI-EC-EARTH2
Keywords: specs, EC-EARTH, KNMI, climate, model, decadal

Details

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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://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were supplied by SPECS participants to CEDA for archiving in 2015.

File Format:
NetCDF4

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Process overview

  • units: K
  • standard_name: dew_point_temperature
  • long_name: 2m dewpoint temperature
  • var_id: tdps
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tas
  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • units: %
  • standard_name: surface_albedo
  • long_name: Albedo
  • var_id: al
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmax
  • long_name: Daily Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmin
  • long_name: Daily Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: uas
  • long_name: Eastward Near-Surface Wind
  • units: m
  • standard_name: geopotential_height
  • var_id: zg
  • long_name: Geopotential Height
  • units: m3 s-1
  • standard_name: ocean_meridional_overturning_mass_streamfunction
  • long_name: Meridional Mass Streamfunction
  • var_id: msftmyz
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tas
  • long_name: Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_net_downward_shortwave_flux
  • long_name: Net Shortwave Surface Radiation
  • var_id: rss
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_net_downward_longwave_flux
  • long_name: Net longwave surface radiation
  • var_id: rls
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: vas
  • long_name: Northward Near-Surface Wind
  • var_id: pr
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: precipitation_flux
  • long_name: Precipitation
  • units: %
  • standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
  • var_id: sic
  • long_name: Sea Ice Area Fraction
  • units: m
  • standard_name: sea_ice_thickness
  • long_name: Sea Ice Thickness
  • var_id: sit
  • units: Pa
  • var_id: psl
  • standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
  • long_name: Sea Level Pressure
  • units: K
  • standard_name: sea_surface_temperature
  • var_id: tos
  • long_name: Sea Surface Temperature
  • units: psu
  • standard_name: sea_water_salinity
  • var_id: sos
  • long_name: Sea Water Salinity
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: uo
  • long_name: Sea Water X Velocity
  • standard_name: sea_water_x_velocity
  • units: m
  • var_id: zos
  • standard_name: sea_surface_height_above_geoid
  • long_name: Sea surface height above geoid
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: vo
  • standard_name: sea_water_y_velocity
  • long_name: Sea water Y velocity
  • units: K
  • standard_name: sea_water_potential_temperature
  • var_id: thetao
  • long_name: Sea water potential temperature
  • units: m
  • standard_name: surface_snow_thickness
  • long_name: Snow Depth
  • var_id: snd
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • var_id: rsds
  • long_name: Surface Downwelling Shortwave Radiation
  • units: K
  • standard_name: surface_temperature
  • long_name: Surface Temperature of Sea Ice
  • var_id: tsice
  • var_id: hfls
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
  • long_name: Surface Upward Latent Heat Flux
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
  • var_id: hfss
  • long_name: Surface Upward Sensible Heat Flux
  • var_id: rlut
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
  • long_name: TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation
  • units: days
  • long_name: Time elapsed since the start of the forecast
  • standard_name: forecast_period
  • var_id: leadtime
  • units: %
  • standard_name: cloud_area_fraction
  • var_id: clt
  • long_name: Total Cloud Fraction
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: upward_sea_water_velocity
  • var_id: wo
  • long_name: W
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: usi
  • long_name: X-Component of Sea Ice Velocity
  • standard_name: sea_ice_x_velocity
  • units: m s-1
  • var_id: vsi
  • long_name: Y-Component of Sea Ice Velocity
  • standard_name: sea_ice_y_velocity
  • units: 1
  • long_name: cell index along first dimension
  • var_id: i
  • units: 1
  • long_name: cell index along second dimension
  • var_id: j
  • units: m
  • standard_name: height
  • var_id: height
  • long_name: height
  • units: degrees_north
  • var_id: lat_vertices
  • var_id: lev_bnds
  • units: degrees_east
  • var_id: lon_vertices
  • units: m
  • standard_name: depth
  • var_id: lev
  • long_name: ocean depth coordinate
  • var_id: plev_bnds
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: air_pressure
  • long_name: pressure
  • var_id: plev
  • units: m
  • standard_name: lwe_thickness_of_surface_snow_amount
  • long_name: snow depth
  • var_id: snld
  • var_id: time_bnds

Co-ordinate Variables

  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • long_name: Verification time of the forecast
  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • long_name: latitude coordinate
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
  • long_name: longitude coordinate
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
1919-11-01T00:00:00
End time:
1949-11-01T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
 
Related parties
Authors (1)
Principal Investigators (1)