Dataset
BBUBL: 1 km gridded output from WRF v3.6.1 model runs for the Birmingham conurbation for 2015
Abstract
This dataset contains a range of parameters from a 1 km gridded output from runs of version 3.6.1 of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model deployed on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. These runs were part of the NERC funded BBUBL project (Biotelemetry/Bio-aerial-platforms for the Urban Boundary Layer - also known as City Flocks, NERC grant award NE/N003195/1). The domain of the model runs was over the set over Birmingham conurbation for all of 2015. This geo-temporal domain encompasses measurements of the urban boundary layer obtained from instrumentation attached to birds flown around the area. See related dataset.
The WRF model set up followed that used by Heaviside et al. (2015) - see linked documentation for details - and was run on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. Meteorology data from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim reanalysis data for initial and lateral boundary conditions.
The WRF v3.6.1 model set up implemented in this study included four nested domains. The domains had grid resolutions of 36 km x 36 km, 12 km x 12 km, 3 km x 3 km and 1 km x 1 km. The finest domain covered the West Midlands, centering over Birmingham. The multi-layer building energy parametrization (BEP) scheme with three land-use types (low-intensity residential, high-intensity residential and industrial/commercial) was also used.
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Model output has only been checked for CF convention compliance, otherwise supplied as-is.
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Process overview
| Title | WRF model version 3.6.1 deployed on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. |
| Abstract | WRF model version 3.6.1 deployed on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. Meteorology data from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim reanalysis data for initial and lateral boundary conditions. The WRF v3.6.1 model set up implemented in this study included four nested domains. The domains had grid resolutions of 36 km × 36 km, 12 km × 12 km, 3 km × 3 km and 1 km × 1 km. The finest domain covered the West Midlands, centering over Birmingham. The multi-layer building energy parametrization (BEP) scheme with three land-use types (low-intensity residential, high-intensity residential and industrial/commercial) was also used. Full model set-up details match those in: Heaviside et al. (2015) - see linked documentation. |
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- units: mm
- long_name: Accumulated Total Cumulus Precipitation
- var_id: precip_c
- standard_name: thickness_of_convective_rainfall_amount
- units: mm
- standard_name: thickness_of_rainfall_amount
- long_name: Accumulated Total Grid Scale Precipitation
- var_id: precip_g
- var_id: rho
- units: kg m-3
- standard_name: air_density
- long_name: Air Density at Lowest Model Level
- units: 1
- long_name: Date and Time
- var_id: DateTime
- units: 1
- long_name: Day
- var_id: day
- units: degC
- standard_name: dew_point_temperature
- long_name: Dewpoint Temperature
- var_id: Td_p
- units: degC
- standard_name: dew_point_temperature
- long_name: Dewpoint Temperature at 2 m
- var_id: Td_2m
- units: m
- standard_name: geopotential_height
- long_name: Geopotential Height
- var_id: Z_p
- units: 1
- long_name: Hour
- var_id: hour
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: Ice Water Path
- standard_name: atmosphere_cloud_ice_content
- var_id: IWP
- units: 1
- standard_name: land_binary_mask
- long_name: Land Mask
- var_id: LandMask
- units: 1
- standard_name: land_cover_lccs
- long_name: Land Use Category
- var_id: LandUse
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
- long_name: Latent Heat Flux - Upward - at surface - instant
- var_id: LH
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: Liquid Water Path
- standard_name: atmosphere_cloud_liquid_water_content
- var_id: LWP
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
- long_name: Longwave Flux - Downward - at surface - instant
- var_id: LW_d
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
- long_name: Longwave Flux - Upward - TOA
- var_id: LW_u_toa
- units: 1
- long_name: Minutes
- var_id: minute
- units: kg kg-1
- standard_name: humidity_mixing_ratio
- long_name: Mixing Ratio
- var_id: r_v_p
- units: kg kg-1
- standard_name: mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
- long_name: Mixing Ratio - Cloud
- var_id: r_cloud_p
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: Mixing Ratio - Rain
- standard_name: mass_fraction_of_rain_in_air
- var_id: r_rain_p
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- long_name: Moisture Heat Flux - Upward - at surface
- standard_name: surface_upward_water_flux
- var_id: MH
- units: 1
- long_name: Month
- var_id: month
- units: m
- standard_name: atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness
- long_name: PBL Height
- var_id: pblh
- units: K
- standard_name: air_potential_temperature
- long_name: Potential Temperature
- var_id: theta_p
- units: K
- standard_name: air_potential_temperature
- long_name: Potential Temperature at 2 m
- var_id: theta_2m
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure
- var_id: pressure
- long_name: Pressure Levels
- units: hPa
- standard_name: surface_air_pressure
- long_name: Pressure at the Surface
- var_id: p_sfc
- units: percent
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- long_name: Relative Humidity
- var_id: rh_p
- units: percent
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- long_name: Relative Humidity at 2 m
- var_id: rh_2m
- units: 1
- standard_name: sea_ice_area_fraction
- long_name: Sea Ice
- var_id: SeaIce
- units: hPa
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
- long_name: Sea-Level Pressure
- var_id: slp_b
- units: K
- standard_name: sea_surface_temperature
- var_id: SST
- long_name: Sea-Surface Temperature
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- long_name: Sensible Heat Flux - Upward - at surface - instant
- var_id: SH
- units: m
- standard_name: depth
- long_name: Soil Levels (depth)
- var_id: soil
- units: K
- standard_name: soil_temperature
- long_name: Soil Temperature
- var_id: SoilTemp
- units: kg kg-1
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- long_name: Specific Humidity
- var_id: q_p
- units: kg kg-1
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- long_name: Specific Humidity at 2 m
- var_id: q_2m
- units: 1
- long_name: Surface Albedo
- standard_name: surface_albedo
- var_id: albedo
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- long_name: Temperature
- var_id: T_p
- standard_name: air_temperature
- units: degC
- long_name: Temperature at 2 m
- var_id: T_2m
- units: K
- standard_name: surface_temperature
- long_name: Temperature at the Surface
- var_id: T_sfc
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- long_name: Terrain Height
- var_id: Z_sfc
- units: kg kg-1
- standard_name: humidity_mixing_ratio
- long_name: Water Vapor Mixing Ratio at 2 m
- var_id: r_v_2m
- units: degree
- standard_name: wind_from_direction
- long_name: Wind Direction (Earth)
- var_id: wd_p
- units: degree
- standard_name: wind_from_direction
- long_name: Wind Direction at 10 m
- var_id: wd_10m
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: wind_speed
- long_name: Wind Speed
- var_id: ws_p
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: wind_speed
- long_name: Wind Speed at 10 m
- var_id: ws_10m
- units: 1
- long_name: Year
- var_id: year
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- long_name: u-Component of Wind (Earth)
- var_id: u_tr_p
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- long_name: u-Component of Wind (grid)
- var_id: u_gr_p
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- long_name: u-Component of Wind at 10 m (grid)
- var_id: u_10m_gr
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: eastward_wind
- long_name: u-Component of wind at 10 m (Earth)
- var_id: u_10m_tr
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: v-Component of Wind (Earth)
- var_id: v_tr_p
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: v-Component of Wind (grid)
- var_id: v_gr_p
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: v-Component of Wind at 10 m (grid)
- var_id: v_10m_gr
- units: m s-1
- standard_name: northward_wind
- long_name: v-Component of wind at 10 m (Earth)
- var_id: v_10m_tr
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- long_name: Latitude
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- long_name: Longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
- long_name: Time
Temporal Range
2015-01-01T00:00:00
2015-12-31T23:00:00
Geographic Extent
52.8473° |
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-2.5308° |
-1.2613° |
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52.1007° |