One and two domains régional climate simulation for 1979-1985 period and drought years 2003 and 2011
Data creator :
Thierry Castel
[1]
[1]
Related persons :
Quentin Cournault [1],
Julien Pergaud [1]
[1],
Julien Pergaud [1]
[1] : Laboratoire Biogéosciences (Université Bourgogne Europe)
Description :
The dataset concern the dynamic downscaling of climate reanalysis (ERA5 ~31km resolution) following a one domain and a two domains setup over Europe with a focus on France. For both setup the first domain match the EuroCordex extent. The one domain setup resolution of the first and unique domain is 12km that has been resample to the 8km resolution of the Safran grid (Meteo-France surface climate dataset). The two domains setup use two nested domains with 32 km and 8km resolution respectively. For both setup the we apply a a spectral nudging on the first domain while for two domain setup no nudging is applied on the second domain.
Disciplines :
geosciences, multidisciplinary (sciences of the universe), meteorology & atmospheric sciences (sciences of the universe), water resources (sciences of the universe)
General metadata
Data acquisition date :
from Oct 2024 to Mar 2025
Data available on 1 Jun 2025
Data acquisition methods :
- Simulation or computational data : The data are simulated with the ARW/WRF v4.3.3 regional climate model (Skamarock et al. 2019 -- https://opensky.ucar.edu/islandora/object/%3A3888) forced every 6-hours with the ERA5 dataset produced by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF).
Our dataset is composed of three output data files :
- 6-hourly files that concern atmospheric variables along the 51 vertical levels;
- a hourly files that concern surface climate variables;
- a daily synthesis files.
The simulation are produced along the 1979 to 1985 period and for years 2003 and 2011 that experiment a summer and spring drought respectively. The period is split into blocks of 200 days of simulated climate.
Hence each output file corresponds to 200 days. The data are in compressed NetCDF format.
Formats :
application/x-netcdf
Audience :
University: master, Research
Coverages
Spatial coverage :
- HFR -- France: latitude between 52° N and 40° N, longitude between 6° W and 11° E, between 0m and 4800m of altitude
Time coverage :
- HFR -- France period 1979--1985: between 1979-01-01 and 1985-12-31
- HFR -- France -- year 2003: 2003
- HRF -- France -- year 2011: 2011
Publications :
- Two domains vs single-domain ERA5 dynamical downscaling with WRF over Euro-CORDEX improves precipitation hindcast: A case study over mainland France for agricultural studies (paper submitted to Geophysical Research Letter)
Collection :
Label :
Mésocentre(s) UBFC
Project and funder :
-
Thèse de doctorat en agroclimatologie - Quentin Cournault
- Ministère de l'Agriculture (Formation complémentaire par la recherche) (Ministry)
Additional information :
Data produced in 2024 as part of Quentin Cournault's thesis, co-supervised by Thierry Castel (Associate professor at Institut Agro Dijon) and Nathalie Colbach (Senior researcher at INRAE) at the Biogeosciences laboratory (Université Bourgogne Europe).
Data
DOI and links
10.25666/DATAUBFC-2025-06-17
https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.25666/DATAUBFC-2025-06-17
https://search-data.ubfc.fr/FR-13002091000019-2025-06-17
Quotation
Thierry Castel (2025): One and two domains régional climate simulation for 1979-1985 period and drought years 2003 and 2011. dataUBFC. doi:10.25666/DATAUBFC-2025-06-17
Record created 17 Jun 2025 by Thierry Castel.
Last modification : 20 Jun 2025.
Local identifier: FR-13002091000019-2025-06-17.
