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Wang, Y.; Tomlinson, S.J.; Carnell, E.J. ; Scheffler, J.; Liska, T.; Beck, R.; Vieno, M.

European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition and flux output data, UK, 1960-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5285/40e30580-9191-45d8-8e99-21de3c048250

This dataset is a model output from the European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme (EMEP) model applied to the UK (EMEP4UK) driven by Weather and Research Forecast model meteorology (WRF). It provides daily mean atmospheric compositions and fluxes of the UK on a 3x3 km2 resolution grid for years between 1960 and 2020.

The EMEP4UK model version used here is rv5.0, and the WRF model version is the 4.4.2.

This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council award number NERC (NE/R016429/1) as part of the UK-SCAPE programme delivering National Capability.

Publication date: 2024-12-16

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NetCDF

Spatial information

Study area

Spatial representation type

Raster

Spatial reference system

WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent

1960-01-01 to 2020-12-31

Temporal resolution

daily

Provenance & quality

Daily average concentrations for a model domain covering the UK with a resolution of about 3x3 km2 were calculated using the EMEP4UK atmospheric chemistry transport model. The model was evaluated using the UK Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) monitoring stations. R was used to access the AURN dataset to evaluate the EMEP4UK model output.

The data were processed from the full EMEP4UK model output to a subset containing essential variables only. The Climate Data Operators version 1.9.10 was used to subset the model output.

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This dataset is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence

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Wang, Y.; Tomlinson, S.J.; Carnell, E.J. ; Scheffler, J.; Liska, T.; Beck, R.; Vieno, M. (2024). European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition and flux output data, UK, 1960-2020. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/40e30580-9191-45d8-8e99-21de3c048250

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Acknowledgements required (third-party datasets used to drive the model): The Weather and Research Forecast (WRF) model derived meteorology has been used to drive the EMEP4UK model. The National Centers for Environmental Prediction Final Reanalysis dataset have been used as initial and boundary condition, and to nudge the WRF model. Your use of the content of this dataset is entirely at your own risk. We make no warranty or guarantee that the content is error free or fit for your intended use.

Supplemental information

The below datasets are used to drive the EMEP4UK model:

The Weather and Research forecast (WRF) Model:

Skamarock, W. C., J. B. Klemp, J. Dudhia, D. O. Gill, Z. Liu, J. Berner, W. Wang, J. G. Powers, M. G. Duda, D. M. Barker, and X.-Y. Huang, 2019: A Description of the Advanced Research WRF Version 4. NCAR Tech. Note NCAR/TN-556+STR, 145 pp. doi:10.5065/1dfh-6p97

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction Final Reanalysis dataset:

National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce. 2000, updated daily. NCEP FNL Operational Model Global Tropospheric Analyses, continuing from July 1999. Research Data Archive at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6M043C6.

The emissions used in the EMEP4UK model are derived from:

Centre for Emission Inventories and Projections

EMEP/CEIP 2023 Present state of emission data; https://www.ceip.at/webdab-emission-database/reported-emissiondata

The UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

The Republic of Ireland national emissions inventory

Nielsen, O. K., Plejdrup, M. S., Bruun, H. G., Gyldenkærne, S., & Christensen, J. H. (2020). MapEIre: National Mapping of Greenhouse Gas and Non-greenhouse Gas Emissions Sources Project. https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/air/Research_Report_317.pdf

Observational data used in the EMEP4UK model are derived from:

Trace and Major Elements in the Atmosphere at Rural Locations in the UK: Summary of Data for 1999

Baker, S.J., 2001. Trace and Major Elements in the Atmosphere at Rural Locations in the UK: Summary of Data for 1999 (No. AEAT/R/ENV/0264). National Environmental Technology Centre.

Estimates of anthropogenic emissions of metals and air pollutants in the UK at a 1km resolution, 1750-2100.

Tomlinson, S.J., Carnell, E.J., Levy, P., Williams, M., Vieno, M., Scheffler, J., Harrison, P.A., Lofts, S. (2023). Estimates of anthropogenic emissions of metals and air pollutants in the UK at a 1km resolution, 1750-2100. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/4b392dc0-0219-4494-8420-82e42b93b445