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Prein, Andreas F (2020): Atmospheric soundings derived from kilometer-scale climate simulations over North America to initialize idealized simulations of mesoscale convective systems [dataset]. PANGAEA, https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914964

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Published: 2020-04-20DOI registered: 2025-01-02

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Abstract:
Inflow soundings of simulated mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) in the central United States under current and future (end of the century under a high-end emission scenario) climate conditions. These are not observed soundings but are derived from current and future kilometer-scale climate simulations. The simulations, from which the soundings are derived, are described in Liu et al. (2017; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00382-016-3327-9). More details about how the soundings are derived can be found in Prein et al. (2020; under review). These soundings compare well with observed pre-MCS soundings in the U.S. Southern Great Planes (Wang et al. 2020). The archived soundings are in a format that can directly be read by the Weather Research and Forecasting model (https://www.climatescience.org.au/sites/default/files/WRF_ideal_201711.pdf). Each datafile contains five columns representing different variables and the rows show the changes in the variables through an atmospheric column. The header row variables are from left to right: surface pressure [hPa], surface potential temperature [K], and surface vater vapor mixing ratio [g/kg]. The variables in the second to the last row are fro the left column to the right: height above surface [m], potential temperature [K], water vapor mixing ratio [g/kg], zonal wind speed [m/s], and meridional wind speed [m/s]
Keyword(s):
Atmospheric soundings; mesoscale convective systems.
Supplement to:
Prein, Andreas F; Rasmussen, R M; Wang, D; Giangrande, S E (2021): Sensitivity of organized convective storms to model grid spacing in current and future climates. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, 379(2195), 20190546, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0546
Related to:
Liu, Changhai; Ikeda, Kyoko; Rasmussen, Roy; Barlage, Mike; Newman, Andrew J; Prein, Andreas F; Chen, Fei; Chen, Liang; Clark, Martyn; Dai, Aiguo; Dudhia, Jimy; Eidhammer, Trude; Gochis, David; Gutmann, Ethan; Kurkute, Sopan; Li, Yanping; Thompson, Gregory; Yates, David (2017): Continental-scale convection-permitting modeling of the current and future climate of North America. Climate Dynamics, 49(1-2), 71-95, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-016-3327-9
Wang, Dié; Giangrande, Scott E; Feng, Zhe; Hardin, J C; Prein, Andreas F (2020): Updraft and Downdraft Core Size and Intensity as Revealed by Radar Wind Profilers: MCS Observations and Idealized Model Comparisons. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125(11), e2019JD031774, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD031774
Coverage:
Median Latitude: 37.950000 * Median Longitude: -102.300000 * South-bound Latitude: 27.700000 * West-bound Longitude: -123.800000 * North-bound Latitude: 48.200000 * East-bound Longitude: -80.800000
Event(s):
USA_cont * Latitude Start: 48.200000 * Longitude Start: -123.800000 * Latitude End: 27.700000 * Longitude End: -80.800000 * Location: United States of America
Size:
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