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Dataset

 

UKCP09: Met Office HadRM3-PPE Europe model runs

Update Frequency: Not Planned
Latest Data Update: 2010-12-15
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2008-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 43.23K Files | 7TB

Abstract

Data from the HadRM3-PPE-UK (Hadley Centre Regional Climate Model) experiment run at the UK Met Office Hadley Centre. This was designed to simulate the regional climate for Europe in the period 1950-2100 for historical and medium (SRESA1B) emissions scenario. This dataset contains output from an ensemble of eleven variants of the MOHC Regional Climate Model (HadRM3), run from 1950-2099 and used to dynamically downscale global climate model (GCM) results as part of the climate change experiments carried out by the Met Office Hadley Centre for the latest UK Climate Projections report.

The ensemble model runs included in this dataset are afgcx, afixa, afixi and afixq.

Citable as:  Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research (2008): UKCP09: Met Office HadRM3-PPE Europe model runs. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/ad4ed748b51e4b24bf5dc7b74df6fa30
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Met Office, model, rcm, climate, Europe

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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/hadrm3-ppe-uk.pdf. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data acquired from the Met Office. The original data is stored in PP format, along with CF-compliant NetCDF and CSV versions that have been produced by the BADC. These netCDF files have been processed to make the data as easy to use as possible, and these data are recommended for users not familiar with the Met Office PP format.

File Format:
Data are CSV, netCDF and PP formatted

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Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

Met Office Hadley Centre Regional Climate Model (HadRM3-PPE)

Abstract

These model runs were generated by running the Met Office Hadley Centre Regional Model 3 Simulation Data (HadRM3) using a Perturbed Physics Ensemble.

Input Description

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Output Description

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Software Reference

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  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND SPEED M/S
  • var_id: wind_1
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND U-COMP
  • var_id: x-wind
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: 10 METRE WIND V-COMP
  • var_id: y-wind
  • units: m
  • long_name: BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: CANOPY THROUGHFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: CANOPY WATER CONTENT
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) DOWN SURFACE LW FLUX
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) DOWN SURFACE SW FLUX
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) UP SURFACE SW FLUX
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) UPWARD LW FLUX (TOA)
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: CLEAR-SKY (II) UPWARD SW FLUX (TOA)
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: CLOUD ICE CONTENT AFTER DYNAM CLOUD
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: CLOUD LIQUID WATER AFTER DYN CLOUD
  • long_name: CONV. CLOUD AMOUNT ON EACH MODEL LEV
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • var_id: cvrain
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: CONVECTIVE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: K
  • long_name: DEEP SOIL TEMP. AFTER HYDROLOGY DEGK
  • units: K
  • long_name: DEWPOINT AT 1.5M (K)
  • units: J kg-1
  • long_name: DILUTE CONVECTIVELY AVAIL POT E J/KG
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: DOWNWARD LW RAD FLUX: SURFACE
  • units: K m2 s-1 kg-1
  • long_name: ERTEL POTENTIAL VORTICITY(THETA LEV)
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: EVAP FROM CANOPY : RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: EVAP FROM SOIL SURF : RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: 0-1
  • long_name: FOG FRACTION AT 1.5 M
  • units: m
  • long_name: GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT: PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: GRIDBOX MEAN CONVECTIVE CLOUD WATER
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: HT FLUX FROM SURF TO DEEP SOIL LEV 1
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: INCOMING SW RAD FLUX (TOA): ALL TSS
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: LAND SNOW MELT RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE RAINFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: LARGE SCALE SNOWFALL RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: 0-1
  • long_name: LAYER CLOUD AMOUNT IN EACH LAYER
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: NET DOWN SURFACE LW RAD FLUX
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: NET DOWN SURFACE SW FLUX BELOW 690NM
  • long_name: NET DOWN SURFACE SW FLUX: SW TS ONLY
  • units: W m-2
  • units: 0-1
  • units: Pa s-1
  • long_name: OMEGA ON PRESS LEVS U GRID.USE MACRO
  • units: K Pa s-1
  • long_name: OMEGA*T ON P LEVS U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: OUTGOING LW RAD FLUX (TOA)
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: OUTGOING SW RAD FLUX (TOA)
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: POTENTIAL EVAPORATION RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: Pa
  • var_id: p
  • long_name: PRESSURE AT MEAN SEA LEVEL
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: PSTAR AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: m kg s-1 kg-1
  • long_name: Q*U ON PRESS LEVS U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: m kg s-1 kg-1
  • long_name: Q*V ON PRESS LEVS U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: QT AT 1.5M
  • long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
  • var_id: rh_1
  • units:
  • long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: 0-1
  • long_name: SEA ICE FRACTION AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: K
  • long_name: SEA-ICE TEMPERATURE AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: SNOW AMOUNT AFTER TIMESTEP KG/M2
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: SNOW MASS AFTER HYDROLOGY KG/M2
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT
  • units: kg m-2
  • long_name: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT IN A LAYER
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: SPECIF HUM;P LEVS;U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: kg kg-1
  • long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: kg kg-1
  • var_id: q
  • long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: SUB-SURFACE RUNOFF RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: SUBLIM. SURFACE (GBM) : RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: SURF & BL TOTL MOISTURE FLUX KG/M2/S
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: SURFACE & B.LAYER HEAT FLUXES W/M2
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUX W/M2
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: SURFACE RUNOFF RATE KG/M2/S
  • long_name: SURFACE SH FLUX FROM SEA (GBM) W/M2
  • units: W m-2
  • units: K
  • long_name: SURFACE TEMPERATURE AFTER TIMESTEP
  • units: K
  • long_name: T ON PRESSURE LEVS U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: K
  • var_id: temp_1
  • long_name: TEMPERATURE AT 1.5M
  • units: K
  • long_name: TEMPERATURE ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: K
  • long_name: TL AT 1.5M
  • long_name: TOTAL CLOUD AMOUNT IN LW RADIATION
  • units: 0-1
  • var_id: field30
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: TOTAL DOWNWARD SURFACE SW FLUX
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: TOTAL SNOWFALL RATE: LS+CONV KG/M2/S
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • long_name: TRANSPIRATION RATE KG/M2/S
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: U COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: K m s-1
  • long_name: UT ON PRESS LEVS U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: m s-1
  • long_name: V COMPNT OF WIND ON PRESSURE LEVELS
  • units: K m s-1
  • long_name: VT ON PRESS LEVS U GRID. USE MACRO
  • units: W m-2
  • long_name: WIND MIXING EN'GY FLUX INTO SEA W/M2
  • 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
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: atmospheric hybrid sigma-pressure 'A' coefficient
  • long_name: atmospheric hybrid sigma-pressure 'B' coefficient
  • units: m
  • var_id: ht
  • units: level
  • var_id: msl
  • units: kg kg-1 Pa s-1
  • long_name: q*w on press levs, u grid
  • long_name: reference pressure value for atmospheric hybrid sigma-pressure coordinates
  • units: level
  • var_id: surface
  • var_id: t
  • var_id: unspecified
  • units:
  • units: degrees_east
  • var_id: x
  • units: degrees_east
  • var_id: x_1
  • units: degrees_east
  • var_id: x_2
  • units: degrees_east
  • var_id: x_3
  • units: degrees_north
  • var_id: y
  • units: degrees_north
  • var_id: y_1
  • units: degrees_north
  • var_id: y_2
  • units: degrees_north
  • var_id: y_3

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:
1950-01-01T00:00:00
End time:
2099-12-31T23:59:59
Geographic Extent

 
62.7000°
 
-23.4700°
 
36.3671°
 
33.0361°