Scheffler, J.; Tomlinson, S.; Carnell, E.J. ; Liska, T.; Lofts, S.; Bullock, J.; Vieno, M.

Heavy metal, nitrogen, and sulphur atmospheric deposition from the European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) for 1750-2018

https://doi.org/10.5285/bf508daa-c33c-4d75-a250-72b94b1855d4 Cite this dataset

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 annual total atmospheric deposition of cadmium, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, sulphur, and nitrogen over the UK on a 3x3 km2 grid for years between 1750 and 2018.

The EMEP4UK model version used here is rv4.36, and the WRF model version is the 4.2.2.

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

Publication date: 2024-02-13

Format

NetCDF

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type: Raster
Spatial reference system: WGS 84

Temporal information

Temporal extent: 1750-01-01 to 2018-12-31

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.

To assess and control the quality of the heavy metal data, we used observations from the Defra UK Heavy Metals Network and historical observation from NETCEN (Baker 2001).

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.

Datasets associated with this service

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

Supplemental information

Weather and Research Forecast model

The Weather and Research Forecast (WRF) model derived meteorology has been used to drive the EMEP4UK 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.

National Centers for Environmental Prediction Final Reanalysis dataset

The National Centers for Environmental Prediction Final Reanalysis dataset have been used as initial and boundary condition, and to nudge the WRF model: 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. Accessed 01/01/2022

EU EMEP Emissions Center

Data from this center were used in the EMEP4UK model

The UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory

Data from this inventory were used in the EMEP4UK model

The Republic of Ireland National Emissions Inventory

Data from this inventory were used in the EMEP4UK model

Tomlinson et al., (2023)

Emissions used in EMEP4UK model are available from this paper: Tomlinson et al., 2023. Estimates of anthropogenic emissions of metals and air pollutants in the UK at a 1 km resolution, 1750-2100

Baker (2001)

Observations that were used to assess and control the quality of the heavy metal data can be found in this report: 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.