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NWP-Global: Met Office Global Atmospheric High Resolution Model data

Update Frequency: Daily
Latest Data Update: 2023-06-19
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2016-05-24
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 7.29M Files | 58TB
Abstract

A global configuration of the Met Office Unified Model provides the most accurate short range deterministic forecast by any national meteorological service covering a six day period. With a resolution of approximately 0.234 x 0.153 degrees, it is able to produce selected hourly data covering the first 48 hours at surface level and at standard pressure levels twice a day. The model’s initial state is kept close to the real atmosphere using hybrid 4D-Var data assimilation.

This dataset contains model data from the Met Office Unified Model (UM) operational Global Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) model. The archive currently holds data from April 2016 onwards but data will be back populated for earlier years.

Citable as:  Met Office (2016): NWP-Global: Met Office Global Atmospheric High Resolution Model data. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/86df725b793b4b4cb0ca0646686bd783
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: NWP, Met Office, UM, unified model, Global, atmospheric, model

Details

Previous Info:
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Previously used record identifiers:
No related previous identifiers.
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:

New data repository of the UK Met Office wholesale NWP data at CEDA.
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:
See dataset associated documentation
File Format:
Data are GRIB formatted.

Related Documents

 Global Atmospheric Model documentation

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

None
Output Description

None
Software Reference

None
  • units: %
  • standard_name: convective_cloud_area_fraction
  • long_name: Convective cloud cover
  • units: kg m**-2
  • long_name: Convective snow
  • standard_name: geopotential_height
  • long_name: Geopotential Height
  • units: gpm
  • units: %
  • long_name: High cloud cover
  • units: m
  • long_name: ICAO Standard Atmosphere reference height
  • units: (0 - 1)
  • long_name: Land-sea mask
  • standard_name: land_binary_mask
  • units: kg m**-2
  • long_name: Large scale snow
  • standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
  • long_name: Latent heat flux
  • units: W m**-2
  • units: %
  • long_name: Low cloud cover
  • units: K
  • long_name: Maximum temperature
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: Mean sea level pressure
  • units: %
  • long_name: Medium cloud cover
  • units: K
  • long_name: Minimum temperature
  • units: m
  • long_name: Mixed layer depth
  • units: W m**-2
  • long_name: Net short-wave radiation flux (surface)
  • units: kg kg**-1
  • units: kg m**-2 s**-1
  • long_name: Precipitation rate
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: Pressure
  • standard_name: relative_humidity
  • units: %
  • long_name: Relative humidity
  • standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
  • long_name: Sensible heat flux
  • units: W m**-2
  • units: W m**-2
  • long_name: Short wave radiation flux
  • units: kg m**-2
  • long_name: Snow Fall water equivalent
  • units: K
  • long_name: Soil Temperature
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • units: kg kg**-1
  • long_name: Specific humidity
  • units: m
  • long_name: Surface roughness
  • standard_name: surface_roughness_length
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • long_name: Temperature
  • units: %
  • long_name: Total Cloud Cover
  • long_name: Total Precipitation
  • units: kg m**-2
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • units: m s**-1
  • long_name: U component of wind
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • units: m s**-1
  • long_name: V component of wind
  • units: m
  • long_name: Visibility
  • long_name: Wind Gusts At 10 m
  • names: Wind Gusts At 10 m
  • units: kg m**-2
  • long_name: large scale precipitation
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure
  • long_name: original GRIB paramId: 0

Co-ordinate Variables

Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2016-03-18T00:00:00
End time:
Ongoing
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
  
-180.0000°
  
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
  
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Authors (1)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)
Principal Investigators (1)