DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11916492
title: Galápagos Archipelago Refined Analysis Validation data

description: This dataset includes (near) surface data variables from the GAR dataset for the model validation period from 2022-04-01 to 2023-03-31.

As this data is part of the GAR dataset, please find additional data at https://data.klima.tu-berlin.de/GAR/

The netCDF format is self-describing, so that all needed metadata are included within the files.

The file names are composed with the following structure:

<model-setup>_<horizontal-resolution>_<time-resolution>_<variable-name>.nc

The shorthands in the file names represent the following:

MM = Name of the model setup, described in Schmidt et al. (unpublished)

d02km = domain with a grid spacing of 2 km

2d = spatial dimensions (2d data, single level)

3d_press = spatial dimensions (3d data, pressure level)

d = time frequency of the data (daily)

m = time frequency of the data (monthly)

y = time frequency of the data (yearly)

psfc = surface (sfc) pressure

q2 = water vapor mixing ratio (qv) st 2 m

q = mixing ratio

prcp = total precipitation (step-wise)

et = actual evapotranspiration (step-wise)

t2 = temperature (temp) at 2 m

theta = potential temperature

sh2 = specific humidity at 2 m

rh2 = relative humidity at 2 m

u10 = 10 m u-wind component

v10 = 10 m v-wind component

ws10 = 10 m wind speed

w = w-wind component

wd10 = 10 m wind direction

hgt = surface height

landmask = landmask

 

The data is in accordance with the CF Conventions CF-1.8
description: Exemplary metadata information for the dataset file

MM_d02km_d_2d_t2.nc

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netcdf MM_d02km_d_2d_t2 {dimensions:        time = UNLIMITED ; // (365 currently)        west_east = 245 ;        south_north = 230 ;variables:        int time(time) ;                time:standard_name = "time" ;                time:long_name = "Time" ;                time:units = "days since 2022-01-01 00:00:00" ;                time:calendar = "standard" ;                time:axis = "T" ;                time:_Storage = "chunked" ;                time:_ChunkSizes = 512 ;                time:_Endianness = "little" ;                time:_NoFill = "true" ;        float lon(south_north, west_east) ;                lon:standard_name = "longitude" ;                lon:long_name = "Longitude" ;                lon:units = "degrees_east" ;                lon:_CoordinateAxisType = "Lon" ;                lon:_Storage = "contiguous" ;                lon:_Endianness = "little" ;                lon:_NoFill = "true" ;        float lat(south_north, west_east) ;                lat:standard_name = "latitude" ;                lat:long_name = "Latitude" ;                lat:units = "degrees_north" ;                lat:_CoordinateAxisType = "Lat" ;                lat:_Storage = "contiguous" ;                lat:_Endianness = "little" ;                lat:_NoFill = "true" ;        float west_east(west_east) ;                west_east:standard_name = "projection_x_coordinate" ;                west_east:long_name = "x-coordinate in Cartesian system" ;                west_east:units = "m" ;                west_east:axis = "X" ;                west_east:_Storage = "contiguous" ;                west_east:_Endianness = "little" ;                west_east:_NoFill = "true" ;        float south_north(south_north) ;                south_north:standard_name = "projection_y_coordinate" ;                south_north:long_name = "y-coordinate in Cartesian system" ;                south_north:units = "m" ;                south_north:axis = "Y" ;                south_north:_Storage = "contiguous" ;                south_north:_Endianness = "little" ;                south_north:_NoFill = "true" ;        float t2(time, south_north, west_east) ;                t2:long_name = "temp at 2 m" ;                t2:units = "k" ;                t2:coordinates = "lat lon" ;                t2:_FillValue = NaNf ;                t2:missing_value = NaNf ;                t2:agg_method = "mean" ;                t2:_Storage = "chunked" ;                t2:_ChunkSizes = 1, 230, 245 ;                t2:_Endianness = "little" ;                t2:_NoFill = "true" ;

// global attributes:                :CDI = "Climate Data Interface version 2.3.0 (https://mpimet.mpg.de/cdi)" ;                :Conventions = "CF-1.8" ;                :TITLE = "DARWIN rc" ;                :DATA_NOTES = "File generated with the output of successive model runs of 36H (first 12 hours discarded for spin-up)" ;                :WRF_VERSION = " OUTPUT FROM WRF V4.3.3 MODEL" ;                :CREATED_BY = "Benjamin Schmidt - benjamin.schmidt@tu-berlin.de" ;                :INSTITUTION = "Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Ökologie, Fachgebiet Klimatologie" ;                :CREATION_DATE = "24.06.2023 21:52:37" ;                :SOFTWARE_NOTES = "IDL V8.7.0, WAVE post V0.1" ;                :VARNAME = "t2" ;                :PROJECTION = "WRF Mercator" ;                :PROJ_ENVI_STRING = "{20, 6370000.00000000, 6370000.00000000,       2.00000000,     -90.31006622, 0.0, 0.0, WGS-84, WRF Mercator}" ;                :DATUM = "WGS-84" ;                :DOMAIN = 2 ;                :NESTED = "YES" ;                :TIME_ZONE = "UTC" ;                :GRID_INFO = "Grid spacing: GRID_DX and GRID_DY (unit: m), Down left corner: GRID_X00 and GRID_Y00 (unit: m), Upper Left Corner: GRID_X01 and GRID_Y01 (unit: m)" ;                :DX = 2000.f ;                :DY = 2000.f ;                :X0 = "   -244000.0" ;                :Y0 = "   -274001.4" ;                :PRODUCT_LEVEL = "d" ;                :LEVEL_INFO = "H: original simulation output; D: daily; M: monthly; Y: yearly; " ;                :PROJ_DATUM = "wgs-84" ;                :GRID_DX = "2000.0" ;                :GRID_DY = "2000.0" ;                :GRID_X00 = "-244000.0" ;                :GRID_Y00 = "-274001.38" ;                :GRID_X01 = "-244000.0" ;                :GRID_Y01 = "183998.62" ;                :GRID_NX = "245" ;                :GRID_NY = "230" ;                :CEN_LON = "0.0" ;                :pyproj_srs = "+k_0=1.0 +units=m +lat_0=2.0 +lon_0=-90.31006622 +x_0=0.0 +y_0=0.0 +ellps=WGS84 +datum=WGS84 +name=WRFMercator +proj=merc +no_defs" ;                :experiment = "rc_trop_ls_MM" ;                :frequency = "d" ;                :dimensionality = "2d" ;                :year = "2022" ;                :history = "Thu Jan 25 02:28:59 2024: cdo -O -s -L -seldate,2022-04-01,2023-03-31 -cat /home/ben/data/GAR/rc_trop_ls_MM/rc_trop_ls_MM_d02km_d_2d_t2_2022.nc /home/ben/data/GAR/rc_trop_ls_MM/rc_trop_ls_MM_d02km_d_2d_t2_2023.nc /home/ben/data/GAR/rc_trop_ls_MM/rc_trop_ls_MM_d02km_d_2d_t2.nc" ;                :CDO = "Climate Data Operators version 2.3.0 (https://mpimet.mpg.de/cdo)" ;                :_NCProperties = "version=2,netcdf=4.9.2,hdf5=1.14.3" ;                :_SuperblockVersion = 2 ;                :_IsNetcdf4 = 1 ;                :_Format = "netCDF-4" ;}