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WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) data over the Dudh Koshi Valley, Himalaya, with and without debris covered glaciers, July 2013

Update Frequency: Unknown
Latest Data Update: 2020-09-29
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Citable
Publication Date: 2020-10-13
DOI Publication Date: 2020-11-03
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 25 Files | 17GB
Abstract

This dataset contains atmospheric data from the WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) model. The model is located over the Dudh Koshi Valley, and the model was run for July 2013. WRF version 3.8 was used. This data has been used to create and examine the effectiveness of a new debris-covered glacier representation in the WRF model.

There are eight NetCDF files containing the data: The model with the default glacier landmask in the model (WRF_DudhKoshiHimalayas_201306_CleanIceGlaciers.nc); the model with a new representation of debris-covered glaciers (WRF_DudhKoshiHimalayas_201306_DebrisCoverGlaciers.nc); and six sensitivity tests varying albedo, emissivity and roughness length (WRF_DudhKoshiHimalayas_201306_DebrisCoverGlaciers_albedoHIGH.nc, etc).

Citable as:  Potter, E. (2020): WRF (Weather Research and Forecasting) data over the Dudh Koshi Valley, Himalaya, with and without debris covered glaciers, July 2013. Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, 03 November 2020. doi:10.5285/928e62c5a1464b578f78db9a244575a5. https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/928e62c5a1464b578f78db9a244575a5
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Himalaya, WRF, debris cover

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Data lineage:

The data were created on the British Antarctic Survey high performance computer, the output was compacted (for example variables in the model column were post-processed, and only the two-dimensional data were kept). Data has been delivered to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving.
Data Quality:
Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
File Format:
Data are netCDF formatted.

Related Documents

 The files used to add the debris-cover category

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

WRF version 3.8 model
Abstract

Modified WRF version 3.8 model deployed on the British Antarctic Survey computer
Input Description

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Output Description

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Software Reference

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  • long_name: "2nd order extrapolation constant"
  • standard_name: surface_snow_melt_flux
  • units: "kg m-2"
  • var_id: ACSNOM
  • long_name: "ACCUMULATED MELTED SNOW"
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: RAINSH
  • long_name: "ACCUMULATED SHALLOW CUMULUS PRECIPITATION"
  • units: "mm"
  • standard_name: convective_precipitation_flux
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  • var_id: RAINC
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  • units: "mm"
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  • long_name: "ACCUMULATED TOTAL GRID SCALE HAIL"
  • standard_name: large_scale_precipitation_amount
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  • var_id: RAINNC
  • long_name: "ACCUMULATED TOTAL GRID SCALE PRECIPITATION"
  • units: "mm"
  • var_id: SNOWNC
  • standard_name: snow_and_ice
  • long_name: "ACCUMULATED TOTAL GRID SCALE SNOW AND ICE"
  • standard_name: surface_albedo
  • units: ""
  • var_id: ALBEDO
  • long_name: "ALBEDO"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: SNOALB
  • long_name: "ANNUAL MAX SNOW ALBEDO IN FRACTION"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: ALBBCK
  • long_name: "BACKGROUND ALBEDO"
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: TLP_STRAT
  • long_name: "BASE STATE LAPSE RATE (DT/D(LN(P)) IN STRATOSPHERE"
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  • units: ""
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  • long_name: "BASE STATE LAPSE RATE"
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  • units: "Pa"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "Pa"
  • var_id: P00
  • long_name: "BASE STATE PRESURE"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: T00
  • long_name: "BASE STATE TEMPERATURE"
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  • var_id: CANWAT
  • long_name: "CANOPY WATER"
  • units: "kg m-2"
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  • units: ""
  • var_id: CLAT
  • long_name: "COMPUTATIONAL GRID LATITUDE, SOUTH IS NEGATIVE"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
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  • long_name: "COS of SOLAR ZENITH ANGLE"
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  • var_id: F
  • long_name: "Coriolis sine latitude term"
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  • units: m
  • var_id: ZS
  • long_name: "DEPTHS OF CENTERS OF SOIL LAYERS"
  • standard_name: soil_type
  • units: ""
  • var_id: ISLTYP
  • long_name: "DOMINANT SOIL CATEGORY"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: IVGTYP
  • long_name: "DOMINANT VEGETATION CATEGORY"
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
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  • long_name: "DOWNWARD LONG WAVE FLUX AT GROUND SURFACE"
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  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: SNOWC
  • long_name: "FLAG INDICATING SNOW COVERAGE (1 FOR SNOW COVER)"
  • standard_name: downward_heat_flux_in_soil
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: GRDFLX
  • long_name: "GROUND HEAT FLUX"
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  • var_id: LWDNBC
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  • units: "W m-2"
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  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWDNTC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING CLEAR SKY LONGWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWDNBC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING CLEAR SKY SHORTWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWDNTC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING CLEAR SKY SHORTWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWDNB
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING LONGWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWDNT
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING LONGWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name: surface_downwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWDNB
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING SHORTWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name: toa_incoming_shortwave_flux
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWDNT
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS DOWNWELLING SHORTWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWUPBC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING CLEAR SKY LONGWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWUPTC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING CLEAR SKY LONGWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWUPBC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING CLEAR SKY SHORTWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWUPTC
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING CLEAR SKY SHORTWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name: surface_upwelling_longwave_flux_in_air
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWUPB
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING LONGWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name: toa_net_upward_longwave_flux
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: LWUPT
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING LONGWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name: surface_upwelling_shortwave_flux_in_air
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWUPB
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING SHORTWAVE FLUX AT BOTTOM"
  • standard_name: toa_net_upward_shortwave_flux
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWUPT
  • long_name: "INSTANTANEOUS UPWELLING SHORTWAVE FLUX AT TOP"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: LAKEMASK
  • long_name: "LAKE MASK (1 FOR LAKE, 0 FOR NON-LAKE)"
  • standard_name: land_binary_mask
  • units: ""
  • var_id: LANDMASK
  • long_name: "LAND MASK (1 FOR LAND, 0 FOR WATER)"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: XLAND
  • long_name: "LAND MASK (1 FOR LAND, 2 FOR WATER)"
  • units: ""
  • var_id: LU_INDEX
  • standard_name: land_use
  • long_name: "LAND USE CATEGORY"
  • standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
  • var_id: LH
  • units: "W m-2"
  • long_name: "LATENT HEAT FLUX AT THE SURFACE"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: COSALPHA
  • long_name: "Local cosine of map rotation"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: SINALPHA
  • long_name: "Local sine of map rotation"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: MAPFAC_M
  • long_name: "Map scale factor on mass grid"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: MAPFAC_U
  • long_name: "Map scale factor on u-grid"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: MAPFAC_V
  • long_name: "Map scale factor on v-grid"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: MAX_MSTFY
  • long_name: "Max map factor in domain"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: SWNORM
  • long_name: "NORMAL SHORT WAVE FLUX AT GROUND SURFACE (SLOPE-DEPENDENT)"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: VAR
  • long_name: "OROGRAPHIC VARIANCE"
  • standard_name: atmosphere_boundary_layer_thickness
  • var_id: PBLH
  • units: "m"
  • long_name: "PBL HEIGHT"
  • standard_name: surface_snow_thickness
  • units: "m"
  • var_id: SNOWH
  • long_name: "PHYSICAL SNOW DEPTH"
  • standard_name: air_potential_temperature
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: TH2
  • long_name: "POT TEMP at 2 M"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "Pa"
  • var_id: P_TOP
  • long_name: "PRESSURE TOP OF THE MODEL"
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • var_id: Q2
  • long_name: "QV at 2 M"
  • units: "kg kg-1"
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: NOAHRES
  • long_name: "RESIDUAL OF THE NOAH SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET"
  • units: "W m{-2}"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: SST_INPUT
  • long_name: "SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FROM WRFLOWINPUT FILE"
  • standard_name: sea_surface_temperature
  • var_id: SST
  • units: "K"
  • long_name: "SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE"
  • standard_name: surface_air_pressure
  • var_id: PSFC
  • units: "Pa"
  • long_name: "SFC PRESSURE"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: SSTSK
  • long_name: "SKIN SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE"
  • standard_name: surface_snow_amount
  • var_id: SNOW
  • units: "kg m-2"
  • long_name: "SNOW WATER EQUIVALENT"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: TMN
  • long_name: "SOIL TEMPERATURE AT LOWER BOUNDARY"
  • units: ""
  • var_id: EMISS
  • standard_name: surface_emissivity
  • long_name: "SURFACE EMISSIVITY"
  • standard_name: surface_temperature
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: TSK
  • long_name: "SURFACE SKIN TEMPERATURE"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "K"
  • var_id: TISO
  • long_name: "TEMP AT WHICH THE BASE T TURNS CONST"
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: T2
  • units: "K"
  • long_name: "TEMP at 2 M"
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: DZS
  • long_name: "THICKNESSES OF SOIL LAYERS"
  • units: "m"
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
  • var_id: OLR
  • units: "W m-2"
  • long_name: "TOA OUTGOING LONG WAVE"
  • standard_name: surface_altitude
  • units: "m"
  • var_id: HGT
  • long_name: "Terrain Height"
  • standard_name: x_wind
  • var_id: U10
  • units: "m s-1"
  • long_name: "U at 10 M"
  • var_id: UST
  • standard_name: frictional_velocity_in_similarity_theory
  • long_name: "U* IN SIMILARITY THEORY"
  • units: "m s-1"
  • units: "mm"
  • var_id: UDROFF
  • standard_name: subsurface_runoff
  • long_name: "UNDERGROUND RUNOFF"
  • standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
  • units: "W m-2"
  • var_id: HFX
  • long_name: "UPWARD HEAT FLUX AT THE SURFACE"
  • standard_name: surface_upward_water_vapor_flux_in_air
  • var_id: QFX
  • long_name: "UPWARD MOISTURE FLUX AT THE SURFACE"
  • units: "kg m-2 s-1"
  • standard_name: y_wind
  • var_id: V10
  • units: "m s-1"
  • long_name: "V at 10 M"
  • units: ""
  • var_id: VEGFRA
  • standard_name: vegetation_fraction
  • long_name: "VEGETATION FRACTION"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "Pa"
  • var_id: MUB
  • long_name: "base state dry air mass in column"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: DNW
  • long_name: "d(eta) values between full (w) levels"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: DN
  • long_name: "d(eta) values between half (mass) levels"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: ZNW
  • long_name: "eta values on full (w) levels"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: ZNU
  • long_name: "eta values on half (mass) levels"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: CFN1
  • long_name: "extrapolation constant"
  • var_id: SR
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • long_name: "fraction of frozen precipitation"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: FNP
  • long_name: "lower weight for vertical stretching"
  • units: minutes
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: XTIME
  • long_name: "minutes since start of run"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "Pa"
  • var_id: MU
  • long_name: "perturbation dry air mass in column"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: FNM
  • long_name: "upper weight for vertical stretching"
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: VAR_SSO
  • long_name: "variance of subgrid-scale orography"
  • units: "m2"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: ZETATOP
  • long_name: "zeta at model top"
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: maxcldfra
  • long_name: Maximum cloud fraction in the column
  • standard_name:
  • units: ""
  • var_id: meancldfra
  • long_name: Mean cloud fraction in the column
  • var_id: RH2
  • standard_name:
  • long_name: RH at 2 M
  • units: "%"
  • var_id: Times
  • units: kg/m^2
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: col_int_QCLOUD
  • long_name: Total column integrated QCLOUD
  • units: kg/m^2
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: col_int_QGRAUP
  • long_name: Total column integrated QGRAUP
  • units: kg/m^2
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: col_int_QICE
  • long_name: Total column integrated QICE
  • units: kg/m^2
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: col_int_QRAIN
  • long_name: Total column integrated QRAIN
  • units: kg/m^2
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: col_int_QSNOW
  • long_name: Total column integrated QSNOW
  • units: kg/m^2
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: col_int_QVAPOR
  • long_name: Total column integrated QVAPOR
  • standard_name:
  • var_id: Umod1
  • long_name: u at mod lev 1 (bottom level)
  • units: "m/s"
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Umod15
  • long_name: u at mod lev 15
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Umod2
  • long_name: u at mod lev 2
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Umod5
  • long_name: u at mod lev 5
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Umod7
  • long_name: u at mod lev 7
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Vmod1
  • long_name: v at mod lev 1 (bottom level)
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Vmod15
  • long_name: v at mod lev 15
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Vmod2
  • long_name: v at mod lev 2
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Vmod5
  • long_name: v at mod lev 5
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Vmod7
  • long_name: v at mod lev 7
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Wmod1
  • long_name: w at mod lev 1 (bottom level)
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Wmod15
  • long_name: w at mod lev 15
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Wmod2
  • long_name: w at mod lev 2
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Wmod5
  • long_name: w at mod lev 5
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m/s"
  • var_id: Wmod7
  • long_name: w at mod lev 7
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m"
  • var_id: Zmod1
  • long_name: z at lowest model lev
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m"
  • var_id: Zmod15
  • long_name: z at mod lev 15
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m"
  • var_id: Zmod2
  • long_name: z at mod lev 2
  • standard_name:
  • units: "m"
  • var_id: Zmod7
  • long_name: z at mod lev 7

Co-ordinate Variables

  • standard_name: latitude
  • var_id: XLAT
  • long_name: "LATITUDE, SOUTH IS NEGATIVE"
  • units: "degree_north"
  • standard_name: longitude
  • var_id: XLONG
  • long_name: "LONGITUDE, WEST IS NEGATIVE"
  • units: "degree_east"
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2013-07-01T00:00:00
End time:
2013-07-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
28.5300°
  
86.0700°
  
87.3900°
 
27.3800°
  
Related parties
Authors (1)
Publishers (1)
Funders (1)