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Data from the 1.5km70lev configuration of the Met Office UKV NWP model - Release 01/2012

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2013-12-07
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2014-08-28
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 2.83K Files | 861GB
Abstract

Data from the operational NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction) output from the Variable resolution UK (UKV) part of the Met Office Unified Model. This latest configuration of the UM model has a high resolution inner domain (1.5 km grid boxes) over the area of forecast interest, separated from a coarser grid (4 km) near the boundaries by a variable resolution transition zone. This variable resolution approach allows the boundaries to be moved further away from the region of interest, reducing unwanted boundary effects on the forecasts. The UKV model is kept close to observations using 3D-Var data assimilation every 3 hours. This archive is currently being populated at the BADC.

Citable as:  Met Office (2014): Data from the 1.5km70lev configuration of the Met Office UKV NWP model - Release 01/2012. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/839f3bf05948468474e151c5e76dcd7c
Abbreviation: UKMO-NWP-UKV-r2012_01
Keywords: Met Office, NWP, UKV, assimilation, stratosphere

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Previously used record identifiers:
http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_98c44110-2ece-11e4-bb0c-00163e251233
Access rules:
Restricted data: please submit an application using the REQUEST ACCESS link for access.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://licences.ceda.ac.uk/image/data_access_condition/ukmo_agreement.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Following data transfer issues between the Met Office and the BADC, the Met Office NWP data updates were suspended on 18th January 2012. A new data transfer route was established and at the same time, CEDA-BADC decided to revamp the entire NWP archive and created a new NWP archive. This new archive is essentially a mirror of a subset of the NWP archive at the Met Office (as extracted from the Met Office Archive Storage System (MASS)).
Data Quality:
Operational Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) data from the Met Office.
File Format:
Not defined

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Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Met Office operational unified model (UM) deployed on Met Office supercomputer (Exeter)
Abstract

This computation involved: Met Office operational unified model (UM) deployed on Met Office supercomputer (Exeter).
Input Description

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Output Description

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  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND U-COMP
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND V-COMP
  • units: m
  • long_name: BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH AFTER TIMESTEP
  • long_name: CANOPY HEIGHT ON PFTS (B.LAYER) M
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: CANOPY WATER ON NON-ICE TILES KG/M2
  • units: kft
  • long_name: CLOUD BASE FOR COVER.GT.2.5 OCTA KFT
  • long_name: CLOUD FRACTION BELOW 1000 FT ASL
  • units: 0-1
  • long_name: FOG FRACTION AT 1.5 M
  • units: m
  • long_name: GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT: PRESSURE LEVELS
  • long_name: HIGH CLOUD AMOUNT
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE RAIN AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE SNOW AMOUNT KG/M2/TS
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • long_name: LOW CLOUD AMOUNT
  • units: feet
  • long_name: LOW CLOUD BASE (FT ASL)
  • long_name: MEDIUM CLOUD AMOUNT
  • units: m
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL
  • units: 0-1
  • long_name: PROBABILITY OF VIS LESS THAN 5 KM
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: QCF IN THE EXTERNAL DUMP
  • long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
  • long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: m
  • long_name: RESIST S FOR SO4 DIS AFTER TS S/M
  • units: m
  • long_name: ROUGHNESS LEN. AFTER B.L. (SEE DOC)
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT IN A LAYER
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: SURFACE & B.LAYER HEAT FLUXES W/M2
  • units: K
  • long_name: TEMPERATURE AT 1.5M
  • units: K
  • long_name: TEMPERATURE ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: 0-1
  • long_name: TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT MAX/RANDOM OVERLP
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • long_name: VERY LOW CLOUD AMOUNT
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: W COMP OF WIND C-P TH LEVS:VAR DUMMY
  • units: N m-2
  • long_name: X-COMP OF SURF & BL WIND STRESS N/M2
  • units: N m-2
  • long_name: Y-COMP OF SURF & BL WIND STRESS N/M2

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: latitude
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: longitude
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2012-01-17T00:00:00
End time:
2012-03-27T23:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
60.0000°
  
-15.0000°
  
7.0000°
 
47.0000°
  
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