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Dataset

 

Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): nudged data produced by the NAVGEM model at NRL

Latest Data Update: 2025-03-08
Status: Ongoing
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2025-03-07
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 12.48K Files | 3TB

Abstract

This dataset contains model data for SNAPSI experiment 'nudged' produced by scientists at NRL (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA). This dataset contains all ensemble members produced by the NRL NAVGEM model.

The SNAPSI project is a model intercomparison project to study the role of the stratosphere in subseasonal forecasts following stratospheric sudden warmings and the representation of stratosphere-troposphere coupling in subseasonal forecast models.

The nudged experiment is a set of retrospective, 45-day, 50-member ensemble forecasts. Following the initial date, the stratospheric zonal mean temperatures and zonal winds are nudged towards the observed time-evolving state. The forecasts are initialized on the date indicated by the sub-experiment id; for instance, the sub-experiment 's20180125' is initialized on 25 January 2018. The ocean, sea-ice, land-surface and ozone are all initialized and run prognostically.

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Sources of additional information
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The following web links are provided in the Details/Docs section of this catalogue record:
- Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): A Protocol for Investigating the Role of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex in Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts
- New set of controlled numerical experiments: Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI)
- NAVGEM model reference publications: Hogan et al. (2014); McCormack et al. (2017); Eckermann et al. (2018)

Citable as:  Barton, C. (2025): Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): nudged data produced by the NAVGEM model at NRL. NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/b3353ace59bc4ca7b94f38f4b0510448

Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: nudged, NRL, NAVGEM, stratosphere, arctic, antarctic, stratospheric polar vortex, SNAPSI, SNAP, APARC

Details

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Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s):
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When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record.
Data lineage:

Data were produced by scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and published by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

Data Quality:
Quality control checks performed at CEDA confirmed that the data meets the SNAPSI metadata requirements.
File Format:
Files are Net-CDF formatted

Related Documents

 Eckermann, S. D., Ma, J., Hoppel, K. W., Kuhl, D. D., Allen, D. R., Doyle, J. A., Viner, K. C., Ruston, B. C., Baker, N. L., Swadley, S. D., Whitcomb, T. R., Reynolds, C. A., Xu, L., Kaifler, N., Kaifler, B., Reid, I. M., Murphy, D. J., , and Love, P. T.: High-Altitude (0–100 km) Global Atmospheric Reanalysis System: Description and Application to the 2014 Austral Winter of the Deep Propagating Gravity Wave Experiment (DEEPWAVE), Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 2639–2666, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0386.1, 2018.
 McCormack, J., Hoppel, K., Kuhl, D., de Wit, R., Stober, G., Espy, P., Baker, N., Brown, P., Fritts, D., Jacobi, C., Janches, D., Mitchell, N., Ruston, B., Swadley, S., Viner, K., Whitcomb, T., and Hibbins, R.: Comparison of mesospheric winds from a high-altitude meteorological analysis system and meteor radar observations during the boreal winters of 2009–2010 and 2012–2013, J. Atmos. Sol.-Terres. Phys., 154, 132–166, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2016.12.007, 2017.
 Hogan, T. F., Liu, M., Ridout, J. A., Peng, M. S., Whitcomb, T. R., Ruston, B. C., Reynolds, C. A., Eckermann, S. D., Moskaitis, J. R., Baker, N. L., McCormack, J. P., Viner, K. C., McLay, J. G., Flatau, M. K., Xu, L., Chen, C., and Chang, S. W.: The Navy Global Environmental Model, Oceanography, 27, 116–125, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2014.73, 2014.
 Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI): A Protocol for Investigating the Role of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex in Subseasonal to Seasonal Forecasts
 New set of controlled numerical experiments: Stratospheric Nudging And Predictable Surface Impacts (SNAPSI)

Process overview

This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
Title

NRL NAVGEM model

Abstract

The underlying data was produced by the NRL NAVGEM model for the SNAPSI project.

Input Description

None

Output Description

None

Software Reference

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  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmax
  • long_name: 6 hourly Maximum Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tasmin
  • long_name: 6 hourly Minimum Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: ta
  • long_name: Air Temperature
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: convective_precipitation_flux
  • var_id: prc
  • long_name: Convective Precipitation
  • units: m s-2
  • standard_name: tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_nonorographic_gravity_wave_drag
  • long_name: Eastward Acceleration Due to Non-Orographic Gravity Wave Drag
  • var_id: utendnogw
  • units: m s-2
  • standard_name: tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_orographic_gravity_wave_drag
  • long_name: Eastward Acceleration Due to Orographic Gravity Wave Drag
  • var_id: utendogw
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: uas
  • long_name: Eastward Near-Surface Wind
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: eastward_wind
  • var_id: ua
  • long_name: Eastward Wind
  • units: m
  • standard_name: geopotential_height
  • var_id: zg
  • long_name: Geopotential Height
  • units: K
  • standard_name: air_temperature
  • var_id: tas
  • long_name: Near-Surface Air Temperature
  • units: m s-2
  • var_id: vtendnogw
  • standard_name: tendency_of_northward_wind_due_to_nonorographic_gravity_wave_drag
  • long_name: Northward Acceleration Due to Non-Orographic Gravity Wave Drag
  • units: m s-2
  • var_id: vtendogw
  • standard_name: tendency_of_northward_wind_due_to_orographic_gravity_wave_drag
  • long_name: Northward Acceleration Due to Orographic Gravity Wave Drag
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: vas
  • long_name: Northward Near-Surface Wind
  • units: m s-1
  • standard_name: northward_wind
  • var_id: va
  • long_name: Northward Wind
  • units: Pa s-1
  • standard_name: lagrangian_tendency_of_air_pressure
  • var_id: wap
  • long_name: Omega (=dp/dt)
  • var_id: pr
  • units: kg m-2 s-1
  • standard_name: precipitation_flux
  • long_name: Precipitation
  • units: Pa
  • var_id: psl
  • long_name: Sea Level Pressure
  • standard_name: air_pressure_at_mean_sea_level
  • units: 1
  • standard_name: specific_humidity
  • var_id: hus
  • long_name: Specific Humidity
  • units: Pa
  • standard_name: surface_air_pressure
  • var_id: ps
  • long_name: Surface Air Pressure
  • var_id: rlut
  • units: W m-2
  • standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
  • long_name: TOA Outgoing Longwave Radiation
  • units: K s-1
  • var_id: tntnd
  • standard_name: tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_imposed_relaxation
  • long_name: Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Imposed Relaxation
  • units: K s-1
  • standard_name: tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_longwave_heating
  • long_name: Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Longwave Radiative Heating
  • var_id: tntrl
  • units: K s-1
  • standard_name: tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_model_physics
  • var_id: tntmp
  • long_name: Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Model Physics
  • units: K s-1
  • standard_name: tendency_of_air_temperature_due_to_shortwave_heating
  • long_name: Tendency of Air Temperature Due to Shortwave Radiative Heating
  • var_id: tntrs
  • units: m s-2
  • var_id: utendnd
  • standard_name: tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_imposed_relaxation
  • long_name: Tendency of Eastward Wind Due to Imposed Relaxation
  • units: m s-2
  • var_id: utendmp
  • standard_name: tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_model_physics
  • long_name: Tendency of Eastward Wind Due to Model Physics
  • units: m
  • standard_name: height
  • var_id: height
  • long_name: height
  • units: Pa
  • long_name: pressure
  • var_id: snap34
  • var_id: time_bnds

Co-ordinate Variables

  • units: degrees_north
  • standard_name: latitude
  • long_name: latitude
  • var_id: lat
  • units: degrees_east
  • standard_name: longitude
  • long_name: longitude
  • var_id: lon
  • standard_name: time
  • var_id: time
  • units: days
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2018-01-25T00:00:00
End time:
2019-11-15T00:00:00
Geographic Extent

 
90.0000°
 
-180.0000°
 
180.0000°
 
-90.0000°
 
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