Preprocessed atmospheric circulation variables - Extended ensemble forecast hindcast (ECMWF) for unseen-awg simulations

Wider, Jonathan; Zscheischler, Jakob

Dataset
Summary
This dataset of preprocessed atmospheric circulation variables from a reforecast dataset is necessary for creating new unseen-awg weather generators and for analyzing properties of circulation analogs.

The following preprocessing steps were applied to the retrieved daily reforecast data:
- Data were aggregated to daily scale (original 6-hourly resolution) by taking daily means
- Geopotential height at 500hPa was computed from geopotential at 500hPa
- The data were regridded to the coarse resolution grid over Europe and the North Atlantic (2.5° horizontal resolution) used for computing analogs
- Format and metadata were harmonized

Once the zip files in this dataset are expanded, they combine to form a single .zarr archive. All partial files must be downloaded and extracted, otherwise the .zarr store will contain missing data.
Project
unseen-awg (unseen-awg: spatio-temporal weather generation using analogs and unseen data)
Spatial Coverage
Longitude -80 to 40 Latitude 30 to 72.5
Temporal Coverage
2003-06-29 to 2023-10-31 (standard)
Use constraints
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
registered users
Size
3.41 GiB (3658737041 Byte)
Format
zip-file
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
Review Date
2026-04-15
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Cite as
[ Derived from parent entry - See data hierarchy tab ]
Wider, Jonathan; Zscheischler, Jakob (2026). Preprocessed atmospheric circulation and impact-relevant variables from ERA5 and "Extended ensemble forecast hindcast" (ECMWF) for unseen-awg simulations. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=unsawg_inp

BibTeX RIS
VariableUnit
air_pressure
CF
hPa
forecast_period
CF
day
geopotential_height
CF
dam

Parent

Preprocessed atmospheric circulation and impact-relevant variables - "Extended ensemble forecast hindcast" (ECMWF) for unseen-awg simulations
Details
[Entry acronym: unsawg_inp_IFS_circ] [Entry id: 5369858]