BBUBL: 1 km gridded output from WRF v3.6.1 model runs for the Birmingham conurbation for 2015

This dataset contains a range of parameters from a 1 km gridded output from runs of version 3.6.1 of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model deployed on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. These runs were part of the NERC funded BBUBL project (Biotelemetry/Bio-aerial-platforms for the Urban Boundary Layer - also known as City Flocks, NERC grant award NE/N003195/1). The domain of the model runs was over the set over Birmingham conurbation for all of 2015. This geo-temporal domain encompasses measurements of the urban boundary layer obtained from instrumentation attached to birds flown around the area. See related dataset.



The WRF model set up followed that used by Heaviside et al. (2015) - see linked documentation for details - and was run on the ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service. Meteorology data from the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-interim reanalysis data for initial and lateral boundary conditions.



The WRF v3.6.1 model set up implemented in this study included four nested domains. The domains had grid resolutions of 36 km x 36 km, 12 km x 12 km, 3 km x 3 km and 1 km x 1 km. The finest domain covered the West Midlands, centering over Birmingham. The multi-layer building energy parametrization (BEP) scheme with three land-use types (low-intensity residential, high-intensity residential and industrial/commercial) was also used.

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Date (Publication)
2021-09-29T10:12:01
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2021-09-29T10:12:01
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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4
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NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis / 465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4
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doi / 10.5285/465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4
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Zhong, Jian

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Cai, Xiaoming

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Cai, Xiaoming

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Keywords

  • urban meteorology

  • boundary layer

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • atmospheric conditions
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English
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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Begin date
2015-01-01T00:00:00
End date
2015-12-31T23:00:00
Unique resource identifier
WGS 84
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Data are CF-compliant NetCDF formatted
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NERC EDS Centre for Environmental Data Analysis

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https://catalogue.ceda.ac.uk/uuid/465d86a5750447128f24f79c4f2ecdd4

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http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/deposited2021/bbubl/data/wrf_WestMidlands_2015_1km

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https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2452

Heaviside, C., Cai, X.-M. and Vardoulakis, S. (2015), The effects of horizontal advection on the urban heat island in Birmingham and the West Midlands, United Kingdom during a heatwave. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 141: 1429-1441. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.2452

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https://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/download/get_sources.html

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http://www.archer.ac.uk

ARCHER UK National Supercomputing Service
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
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Data were produced by the project team and supplied for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

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2026-03-11T03:23:20
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
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2.3
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atmospheric conditions


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