Auxiliary files used in Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model output for Greenland melt season, 1986-2015, 1996-2005 and 2071-80

• Main Author: B. Reusch, David
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: NSF Arctic Data Center 2020
• Subjects: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE; EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS; EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS; Greenland; Hines; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2hq3s04n; https://arcticdata.io/catalog/view/doi:10.18739/A2HQ3S04N

Summary This dataset contains high resolution (15 kilometers (km), 3 hours (h)) output from Polar Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) driven by European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re-Analysis (ERA), Jun-Jul-Aug, 1986-2015. These simulations used the Greenland Ice Mapping Project (GIMP) 90 meters (m) digital elevation model (DEM) from The Ohio State University (Howat et al 2014) for ice sheet topography and the Bootstrap Sea Ice dataset (NSIDC-0079). Details These datasets are output from the regional forecast model Polar WRF (i.e., WRF-Advanced Research WRF (ARW) with polar modifications developed by the Polar Meteorology Group at The Ohio State University; Hines and Bromwich 2008; Skamarock et al 2008). Datasets are available as both original model output and as post-processed output, i.e, model output that has been processed into more user-friendly format with an National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Command Language (NCL) script. Post-processed files are also smaller after removing variables of lesser interest. This dataset contains auxiliary files used in WRF simulations: option/parameter/namelist files, postprocessing scripts, Network Common Data Form (netCDF) file metadata (model output and postprocesed), and other supporting files. Summary of Auxiliary Files See specific folders within the tar archive for detailed information and files. 1. geogrid GEOGRID.TBL, modified GEOGRID.TBL.ARW to add new HGT_M entry for GIMP DEM. 2. intermediate files: conversion code and scripts a. Community Earth System Model (CESM) (from netCDF) README_CESM.pdf describes the CESM files needed to provide variables that WRF requires to run (as WRF Preprocessing System (WPS) intermediate format) and outlines processing steps to perform the conversion from netCDF. b. sea ice (from binary) README_ Sea ice.pdf describes the processing needed to convert Bootstrap Sea Ice v2 binary files to WPS intermediate format. 3. namelists a. WPS (geogrid/ungrib/metgrid) b. WRF (real/wrf) 4. Postproc Script: wrfout_postproc.ncl Utility scripts: make_wrf_postproc, run_wrf_postproc, wrf_postproc List of variables: other/wrfout_postproc_metadata.txt 5. Other metadata for WRF output files: wrfout_original_metadata.txt wrfout_postproc_metadata.txt