** High Asia Refined analysis HAR (HAR30) **

location: /esd/esd/data/atmospheric_data/gridded/regional/HAR/HAR30

Here you find general information about the dataset, variable abbreviations, information about the download onto the ESD servers (source, which variables are downloaded and when) and the official documentation.

 

 

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Dataset

Format     :  netCDF4 
Range      :  2000-2011
Resolution :  30km (also available for 10km: HAR10)
Domain     :  South Central Asia, ca. 25N-40N, 75E-100E (200x200 WRF model grid boxes)


Variable abbreviations

2D (monolevel) variables:
et      -  evapotranspiration (step-wise) (mm h-1) 
grdflux -  ground heat flux (w m-2)
hfx     -  upward heat flux at surface (w m-2) 
lh      -  latent heat flux at surface (w m-2)
potevap -  potential evaporation (step-wise) (w m-2)
prcp    -  totap precipitation (stepwise) (mm h-1)
psfc    -  sfc pressure (Pa)
slp     -  sea level pressure (hPa)
sst     -  sea surface temperature (K)
t2      -  temperature at 2m (K)
u10     -  u wind at 10m (m s-1)
v10     -  v wind at 10m (m s-1)
ws10    -  10m wind speed (m s-1)

3D (pressure level) variables:
geopotential -  full model geopotential on mass points (m2 s-2)
qliquid      -  liquid water mixing ratio (kg kg-1)
qsolid       -  solid water mixing ratio (kg kg-1)
qvapor       -  water vapour mixing ratio (kg kg-1)
u            -  u wind component (m s-1)
v            -  v wind component (m s-1)
w            -  omega wind component (m s-1)
ws           -  horizontal wind speed on mass grid points (m s-1)


Meta

Source    :  ftp://www.klima-ds.tu-berlin.de/
Date      :  23.04.2014
Variables :  mentioned above (for more, see the HAR documentation or website) 



Official Documentation

HAR user guide:

 

har_user_guide_V1.2.pdf

 

Maussion_et_al_2013.pdf

 

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