Limited area model

Limited area model#

To support the campaign, we perform daily hindcasts of the atmospheric conditions in the campaign region.

The limited area simulations are performed with ICON-MPI at a horizontal resolution of 1.25km, and cover the (64W-8W,4S-24N)-area. Each daily run is initialized from the (day-7)-00h00 IFS analysis, and marched in times for 48h using the IFS forecast to update the lateral and surface boundary conditions.

For each days, animations of key variables are constructed to showcase the runs. These are available at different “zoom-levels” 1, 2 and 3, which approximately correspond to horizontal resolutions of 5.0, 2.5 and 1.25 kilometers, respectively. All animations are uploaded daily to this publicly-accessible server, and will be regularly added here as well.

The whole dataset is stored on Levante (DKRZ) and accessible on demand. It comprises of high-sampling rate 2D and 3D snapshots of key variables.

Limited area model

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Limited area model#

Daily simulations#