Dataset
Cascade: Africa 1.5km model xeydia run data
Update Frequency: Unknown
Latest Data Update: 2012-06-15
Status: Completed
Online Status: ONLINE
Publication State: Published
Publication Date: 2008-12-10
Download Stats: last 12 months
Dataset Size: 638 Files | 6TB
Abstract
Cascade was a NERC funded consortium project to study organized convection and scale interactions in the tropical atmosphere using large domain cloud system resolving model simulations. This dataset contains data from the xeydia simulation which ran using the Met Office Unified Model (UM) at 1.5km horizontal resolution over the domain 20W-20E, 5S-28N which encompasses the west african monsoon. Cascade Africa simulations are used to study African Easterly Waves.
This dataset contains 1.5km Africa model measurements from xeydia run.
Citable as: Woolnough, S. (2008): Cascade: Africa 1.5km model xeydia run data. NCAS British Atmospheric Data Centre, date of citation. https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/dd9b0de024a84d75b0fbd825fdf099d3/
Abbreviation: Not defined
Keywords: Cascade, atmosphere, UM, Unified Model
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Public data: access to these data is available to both registered and non-registered users.
Use of these data is covered by the following licence(s): http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
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Data were generated using the Met Office Unified Model (UM) at 1.5km horizontal resolution over the domain 20W-20E, 5S-28N. Cascade data has been converted to CF-netCDF by the cascade team using one of two tools: UKMOIDL or xconv, then passed on to the BADC for archiving. |
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See dataset associated documentation
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Data are netCDF formatted
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Related Documents
| African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) |
Process overview
This dataset was generated by the computation detailed below.
| Title | Met Office operational unified model (UM) deployed on unknown computer |
| Abstract | This computation involved: Met Office operational unified model (UM). |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
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- units:
- units: m
- long_name: BOUNDARY LAYER DEPTH AFTER TIMESTEP
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- units: kg m-2
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- long_name: CLOUD LIQUID WATER AFTER LS PRECIP
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- long_name: FROZEN CLOUD FRACTION IN EACH LAYER
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- var_id: data
- long_name: H OF RHO MODEL LEVS FROM SEA LEVEL
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- var_id: data
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- units: kg m-2 s-1
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- units: m
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- var_id: data
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- long_name: OUTGOING LW RAD FLUX (TOA)
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- var_id: mass_fraction_of_cloud_ice_in_air
- long_name: QCF AFTER TIMESTEP
- units: kg kg-1
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- var_id: mass_fraction_of_cloud_liquid_water_in_air
- long_name: QCL AFTER TIMESTEP
- var_id: data
- long_name: RAIN AFTER TIMESTEP
- units:
- units: kg m-2 s-1
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- var_id: data
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- var_id: relative_humidity
- long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON P LEV/UV GRID
- units:
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- var_id: relative_humidity
- long_name: RELATIVE HUMIDITY WRT ICE ON P LVS
- units:
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- var_id: data
- long_name: SNOWFALL RATE OUT OF MODEL LEVELS
- units: kg m-2
- long_name: SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT
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- var_id: soil_moisture_content
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AFTER TIMESTEP
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- var_id: specific_humidity
- units: kg kg-1
- long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY AT 1.5M
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- var_id: specific_humidity
- units: kg kg-1
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- var_id: specific_humidity
- long_name: SPECIFIC HUMIDITY ON P LEV/UV GRID
- long_name: STABLE BL INDICATOR
- var_id: data
- units:
- long_name: STRATOCUM. OVER STABLE BL INDICATOR
- var_id: data
- units:
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- var_id: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- long_name: SURFACE HEAT FLUX W/M2
- units: W m-2
- long_name: SURFACE LATENT HEAT FLUX W/M2
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- var_id: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
- units: Pa
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- var_id: surface_air_pressure
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- units: K
- long_name: SURFACE TEMPERATURE AFTER TIMESTEP
- standard_name: surface_temperature
- var_id: surface_temperature
- units: kg kg-1
- var_id: data
- long_name: Stash code = 2308
- units: kg kg-1
- var_id: data
- long_name: Stash code = 2309
- units: kg kg-1
- var_id: data
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- var_id: data
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- units:
- var_id: data
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- units:
- var_id: data
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- units:
- var_id: data
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- units:
- var_id: data
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- var_id: data
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- var_id: data
- long_name: Stash code = 5228
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- long_name: Surface
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- long_name: T TOTAL INCREMENT ON MODEL LEVELS
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- var_id: tendency_of_air_temperature
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: air_temperature
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- long_name: TEMPERATURE INC: bdy layer + ls cld
- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TEMPERATURE INCR: convection
- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TEMPERATURE INCR: ls rain
- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TEMPERATURE INCR: lwrad scheme
- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TEMPERATURE INCR: swrad scheme
- units:
- units: K
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- var_id: air_temperature
- long_name: TEMPERATURE ON P LEV/UV GRID
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: air_temperature
- long_name: TEMPERATURE ON PRESSURE LEVELS
- units: K
- var_id: data
- long_name: TEMPERATURE ON THETA LEVELS
- units: K
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- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TOTAL COLUMN QCF RHO GRID
- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TOTAL COLUMN QCL RHO GRID
- units:
- var_id: data
- long_name: TOTAL COLUMN WET MASS RHO GRID
- units:
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- long_name: TOTAL PRECIPITATION RATE KG/M2/S
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- var_id: eastward_wind
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- units: m s-1
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- var_id: tendency_of_eastward_wind_due_to_convection
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- units: m s-1
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- long_name: Unspecified
- units:
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- units: m s-1
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- units: m s-1
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- units: m s-1
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- units: m s-1
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- var_id: tendency_of_upward_air_velocity
- long_name: WELL_MIXED BL INDICATOR
- var_id: data
- units:
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- units: N m-2
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- units: m s-1
- var_id: data
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- units: m s-1
- var_id: data
- long_name: dV SOLVER INC ON MODEL LEVELS
- units: m s-1
- var_id: data
- long_name: dW SOLVER INC ON MODEL LEVELS
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- standard_name: grid_longitude
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- long_name: longitude in rotated grid
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Co-ordinate Variables
Coverage
Temporal Range
Start time:
2006-07-24T23:00:00
End time:
2006-08-03T22:59:59
Geographic Extent
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-20.0000° |
20.0000° |
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5.0000° |
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