Dataset
CP4A-Present: Present-day climate predictions for Africa
Abstract
Ten years of present-day Climate Predictions for Africa (CP4A-present) data were produced by the NERC funded IMPALA (Improving Model Processes for African cLimAte) project team using the Met Office Unified Model (4.5km horizontal grid spacing) and are valid from 1997-2007. Parameters include (but not limited to); near-surface air temperature, outgoing longwave radiation and surface sensible heat flux. The IMPALA project is within the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme.
Here a subset of variables of the data produced is provided in NetCDF format for community reuse, variables are available at a range of temporal frequencies.
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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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The data were passed from the project team to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis for archival and distribution. |
| Data Quality: |
The Centre for Environmental Data Analysis have done no quality control on the data as they are produced by the project team.
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Data are provided in NetCDF formats.
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Process overview
| Title | Regional GA7 configuration of Met Office unified model (UM) |
| Abstract | These simulations used the Met Office Unified Model (UM) deployed on Met Office Computer network. The Unified Model is the name given to the suite of atmospheric and oceanic numerical modelling software developed and used at the Met Office. For these experiments the regional GA7 configuration of Unified Model is used over Africa with either a 4.5 km or 25 km horizontal grid spacing at the equator. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- var_id: evspsblveg
- units: kg/m^2/s
- long_name: Evaporation from canopy
- units: kg/m^2/s
- var_id: evspsblsoi
- long_name: Evaporation from soil surface
- units: hours
- long_name: Time elapsed since the start of the forecast
- standard_name: forecast_period
- var_id: leadtime
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: tas
- units: m
- standard_name: height
- var_id: height
- long_name: height
- var_id: latitude_longitude
- units: Pa
- var_id: psl
- standard_name: air_pressure_at_sea_level
- long_name: mean sea level pressure
- units: K
- standard_name: air_temperature
- var_id: tas
- long_name: near surface air temperature at 1.5m
- units: 1
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- var_id: huss
- long_name: near surface specific humidity at 1.5m
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- standard_name: snowfall_flux
- var_id: prsn
- long_name: precipitation in solid phase at surface
- units: 1
- standard_name: specific_humidity
- var_id: huss
- units: Pa
- standard_name: surface_air_pressure
- var_id: ps
- long_name: surface air pressure
- var_id: hfls
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_latent_heat_flux
- long_name: surface upward latent heat flux
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: surface_upward_sensible_heat_flux
- var_id: hfss
- long_name: surface upward sensible heat flux
- var_id: time_bnds
- var_id: rlut
- units: W m-2
- standard_name: toa_outgoing_longwave_flux
- long_name: toa outgoing longwave flux
- var_id: pr
- units: kg m-2 s-1
- standard_name: precipitation_flux
- long_name: total precipitation at surface
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
1997-03-01T00:00:00
2007-02-28T23:59:59
Geographic Extent
39.5000° |
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-24.5000° |
56.5000° |
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-45.5000° |