Water vapour balance over the Iberian Peninsula

These data are made available as part of paper: S. J. Gonzalez-Roji, J. Saenz, G. Ibarra-Berastegi, J. Diaz de Argandona (2018) Moisture balance over the Iberian Peninsula according to a regional climate model, Journal of Geophysical Research 123(2):708-729. The dataset holds selected postprocessed files that allow to reproduce all the results in the paper.

An analysis of the atmospheric branch of the hydrological cycle by means of a 15 km resolution numerical integration performed using Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) nested in ERA Interim is presented. Two WRF experiments covering the period 2010–2014 were prepared. The first one (N) was configured as in standard numerical downscaling experiments. The second one (D), with the same parameterizations, included a step of 3DVAR data assimilation every 6 h.

Experiment D:

-windowed-D-AI: Analysis increments (T2, Q2), 2010-2014 for the D experiment

-windowed-wavacurip4paper-D: Netcdf files corresponding to experiment D (using 3DVAR assimilation) and years 2010-2014 holding 3-hourly outputs from the run after selecting the window covering the Iberian Peninsula.

Experiment N:

-windowed-wavacurip4paper-N: Netcdf files corresponding to experiment N (no data assimilation) and years 2010-2014 holding 3-hourly outputs from the run after selecting the window covering the Iberian Peninsula

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Alternate title

Water vapour balance over the Iberian Peninsula
Date (Creation)
2017-12-11
Citation identifier
None
Citation identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/WaVaCurIP / Water vapour balance over the Iberian Peninsula
Originator
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Javier Díaz de Argandoña
http://www.ehu.eus
Originator
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Santos José González-Rojí
http://www.ehu.eus
Originator
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi
http://www.ehu.eus
Originator
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Jon Sáenz
http://www.ehu.eus
Other citation details

doi:10.1594/WDCC/WaVaCurIP
Author
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Santos José González-Rojí
http://www.ehu.eus
Author
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Jon Sáenz
http://www.ehu.eus
Author
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Gabriel Ibarra-Berastegi
http://www.ehu.eus
Author
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Javier Díaz de Argandoña
http://www.ehu.eus
Point of contact
  Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea - Jon Sáenz
http://www.ehu.eus
Theme

  • regional climate simulation
Theme

  • hydrological cycle
Theme

  • WRF
Theme

  • evaporation
Theme

  • model evaluation
Theme

  • Precipitation
Theme

  • WRFDA
Theme

  • water cycle parameters
Language
English

Extent

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Begin date
2010-01-01
End date
2014-12-31
Begin date
2010-01-01
End date
2014-12-31
 

Distribution

Distribution

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  • NetCDF ( network Common Data Format )

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Mb
Transfer size
11700
OnLine resource
http://doi.org/doi:10.1594/WDCC/WaVaCurIP
 

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Complete
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modelResult
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not filled

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Complete
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modelResult
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not filled

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Attribute description
air_temperature
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modelResult
Descriptor

K

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Attribute description
atmosphere_mass_content_of_cloud_condensed_water
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modelResult
Descriptor

kg m-2

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atmosphere_mass_content_of_water
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modelResult
Descriptor

kg m-2

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Attribute description
eastward_atmosphere_water_vapor_transport_across_unit_distance
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modelResult
Descriptor

kg m-2 s-1

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Attribute description
height_above_mean_sea_level
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modelResult
Descriptor

m

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land_binary_mask
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modelResult
Descriptor

1=land, 0=sea

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latitude
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modelResult
Descriptor

degrees north

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latitude
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modelResult
Descriptor

not filled

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longitude
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modelResult
Descriptor

degrees east

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longitude
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modelResult
Descriptor

not filled

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northward_atmosphere_water_vapor_transport_across_unit_distance
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modelResult
Descriptor

kg m-2 s-1

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Attribute description
precipitation_flux
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modelResult
Descriptor

kg m-2 s-1

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Attribute description
surface_specific_humidity
Content type
modelResult
Descriptor

1

Coverage Description

Attribute description
time
Content type
modelResult
Descriptor

h

Coverage Description

Attribute description
water_evaporation_flux_from_soil
Content type
modelResult
Descriptor

kg m-2 s-1
 

Overviews

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N
S
E
W
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Keywords

Precipitation WRF WRFDA evaporation hydrological cycle model evaluation regional climate simulation water cycle parameters

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