MPAS-A aquaplanet simulation with convection-permitting resolution and off-equatorial SST maximum

This dataset includes model output from an aquaplanet simulation using the Model for Prediction Across Scales-Atmosphere (MPAS-A). The aquaplanet simulation was produced by prescribing a zonally symmetric sea-surface temperature profile and by removing land, sea-ice, and the seasonal cycle from the model. Unlike previous aquaplanet simulations (https://doi.org/10.5065/cam1-v353), this simulation had an SST profile with an off-equator maximum at 10N to allow for the formation of tropical cyclones. A variable resolution mesh was used with 3-km cell spacing between 10S and 30N, transitioning to 15-km cell spacing elsewhere. The simulation was integrated for 160 days, but the first 30 days were discarded for model spinup. This dataset contains post processed output interpolated to a r1440x720 fixed grid with approximate grid spacing of 0.25 deg.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5065/bvef-ew68

Temporal Resolution

6.0 hour

Spatial Resolution

0.25 degreesLatitude
0.25 degreesLongitude

Related Links

Aquaplanet simulations using the Model for Prediction Across Scales (MPAS) version 6.2

GCMD Science Keywords

• Atmosphere > Weather Events > Tropical Cyclones
• Models > Atmospheric General Circulation Models
• Oceans > Ocean Temperature > Ocean Temperature Profiles

File Media Types

• application/x-netcdf

Support Contact

Rosimar Rios-Berrios
rberrios@ucar.edu

Data Curator

GDEX Curator
UCAR/NCAR - GDEX
gdex@ucar.edu

Credit

This material is based upon work supported by NCAR, which is a major facility sponsored by the National Science Foundation under Cooperative Agreement No.~1852977.

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Version History

1.0