These datasets contains Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) met data produced by the operational UKV (United Kingdom Variable-resolution) configuration of the Met Office Unified Model. The files in the dataset have been processed into a form suitable for use in the Met Office NAME (Numerical Atmospheric-dispersion Modelling Environment) dispersion model, although this dataset may also be of wider use to the academic community as a source of high-resolution gridded NWP met data for the UK area.
The files contain a basic collection of model-level fields (3-d winds, temperature, etc.) and a selection of single-level fields including mean sea level pressure, cloud and precipitation from the inner, fixed-resolution domain of the UKV model (this covers the UK area at a spatial resolution of 1.5 km). The UKV model uses a rotated-pole coordinate system. Fields are split into various geographical regions (referred to as "parts" or "PTs" in NAME) with separate files for each "part". Data are provided at hourly resolution. All files are in packed PP format.