CLPX-Model: Rapid Update Cycle 40km (RUC-40) Model Output Reduced Data  View Catalog Page Entry ID
NSIDC-0211
Summary
The Rapid Update Cycle, version 2 at 40km (RUC-2, known to the Cold Land Processes community as RUC40) model is a Mesoscale Analysis and Prediction System (MAPS) data set that uses the Model Output Reduced Data Set (MORDS) version. This data set has been subsetted for use in the Cold Land Processes Field Experiment (CLPX). The data are in a 40 km (approximate) Lambertian latitude/longitude grid covering the Large-Regional Study Area (LRSA).The data set covers the period from 1 October 2002 through 30 June 2003, with a time step of 60 seconds. RUC40 data are stored in individual ASCII data files, with one file per hour. Within each hourly file, 42 data variables are stored in row-major order. The RUC40 model uses the Arakawa-C staggered horizontal grid, with u and v horizontal wind points offset from mass points to improve numerical accuracy, and there is no vertical staggering. Positive definite advection schemes are used for the continuity equation (advection of pressure thickness between levels) and for horizontal advection of virtual potential temperature, and all vapor and hydrometer moisture variables.
Geographic Coverage
Spatial Coordinates:
N: 42.568°
S: 38.394°
E: -103.971°
W: -108.615°
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Data Set Citation
Dataset Creator: Kristi Arsenault
Dataset Title: CLPX-Model: Rapid Update Cycle 40km (RUC-40) Model Output Reduced Data
Dataset Release Date: 2004-02-01
Dataset Release Place: Boulder, Colorado USA
Dataset Publisher: NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center
Online Resource: http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0211.html
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 2002-10-01
Stop Date: 2003-06-30
Location Keywords
- CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COLORADO, WYOMING
- GEOGRAPHIC REGION NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
Science Keywords
- Atmosphere Altitude Geopotential Height
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Sea Level Pressure
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Pressure Surface Pressure
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Heat Flux Latent Heat Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Heat Flux Sensible Heat Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Heat Flux Snow Phase-Change Heat Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Longwave Radiation Downward Longwave Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Longwave Radiation Upward Longwave Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Shortwave Radiation Downward Shortwave Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Radiation Shortwave Radiation Upward Shortwave Flux
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Temperature Surface Air Temperature
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Water Vapor Humidity Specific Humidity
- Atmosphere Atmospheric Winds Surface Winds
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Height High Level Cloud Cover
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Height Low Level Cloud Cover
- Atmosphere Clouds Cloud Height Mid Level Cloud Cover
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount Convective Precipitation
- Atmosphere Precipitation Precipitation Amount Total Precipitation
- Atmosphere Precipitation Snow Accumulated Snow
- Atmosphere Precipitation Snow
- Cryosphere Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Albedo
- Cryosphere Snow/Ice Snow Melt
- Land Surface Frozen Ground Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content Volumetric Soil Moisture (Fraction)
- Land Surface Soils Soil Moisture/Water Content
- Land Surface Soils Soil Temperature
- Land Surface Surface Radiative Properties Albedo
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Albedo
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Snow/Ice Snow Melt
- Terrestrial Hydrosphere Surface Water Runoff Storm Surface Runoff
Ancillary Keywords
- Albedo
- Cloud Cover
- Cloud Cover Height
- Convective Precipitation
- Geopotential Anomaly
- Humidity
- Incoming Shortwave Radiation
- Latent Heat Flux
- Longwave Downward Radiation
- Longwave Radiation
- Precipitation Total
- Pressure
- Runoff Data
- Sea Level Pressure
- Sensible Heat
- Shortwave Radiation
- Snow Accumulation
- Snow Melt
- Soil Moisture
- Soil Temperatures
- Two-Meter Air Temperature
- Wind Speed
- Wind Velocity
Platform
Project
- CLPX Cold Land Processes Field Experiment
Quality
All data has undergone QC/QA.
Data Set Progress
in work
Originating Center
NSIDC
Data Center
NASA DAAC at the National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Data Center URL: http://nsidc.org
Data Center Personnel
Name: NSIDC User Services
Phone: 1 303 492-6199
Fax: 1 303 492-2468
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: FTP
Distribution Size: 70 MB
Distribution Format: ASCII Text
Personnel
Kristi Arsenault
Role: INVESTIGATOR
Phone: 1 301 286 9176
Email: kristi@hsb.gsfc.nasa.gov
Contact Address:
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Hydrological Sciences Branch (Code 974.1)
- Hydrological Sciences Branch (Code 974.1)
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
City: Greenbelt
Province or State: MD
Postal Code: 20771
Country: USA
NSIDC User Services
Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone: 1 303 492-6199 x
Fax: 1 303 492-2468 x
Email: nsidc@nsidc.org
Contact Address:
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- CIRES, 449 UCB
- University of Colorado
City: Boulder
Province or State: CO
Postal Code: 80309-0449
Country: USA
Related URL
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
CLPX Site
VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE
Register as a CLPX user
Reference
Benjamin, S. G., J. M. Brown, K. J. Brundage, D. Devenyi, B. Schwartz, T. G. Smirnova, T. L. Smith, and F.-J. Wang. 1996. The 40-km 40-level version of MAPS/RUC. Preprints, 11th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, AMS, Norfolk, 161-163.
Bleck, R., and S.G. Benjamin. 1993. Regional weather prediction with a model combining terrain-following and isentropic coordinates. Part I: model description. Mon. Wea. Rev. 121:1770-1785.
Smirnova, T.G., J.M. Brown, S.G. Benjamin, and D. Kim. 2000. Parameterization of cold-season processes in the MAPS land-surface scheme. J. Geophys. Res. 105, D3, 4077-4086. Smirnova, T. G., J. M. Brown, and S. G. Benjamin, 1997. Evolution of soil moisture and temperature in the MAPS/RUC assimilation cycle. Preprints, 13th Conference on Hydrology, Long Beach, AMS, 172-175
Metadata Name and Version
Metadata Name: CEOS IDN DIF
Metadata Version: 9.7
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2004-02-01
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-07-12
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