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Scheffler, J.; Vieno, M.

European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition for 2002-2021

https://doi.org/10.5285/ca302d30-7b8b-46ec-90b6-67b79df00c92 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 UK estimates daily averaged atmospheric composition at 3x3 km² grid for the years 2002 to 2021.

The data consists of atmospheric composition and deposition values of various pollutants; including PM10, PM2.5, secondary organic aerosols (SOA), elemental carbon (EC), secondary inorganic aerosols (SIA), SO₂, NH₃, NOX, and O₃.

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: 2022-06-13

Format

NetCDF

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Raster
Spatial reference system
Polarstereographic grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2002-01-01    to    2019-12-31

Provenance & quality

The EMEP4UK atmospheric chemistry transport model calculated daily average concentrations for a model domain covering the UK with a resolution of about 3x3 km2. The model is evaluated using the UK Automatic Urban and Rural Network (AURN) monitoring stations (https://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/networks/network-info?view=aurn). R was used to access the AURN dataset to evaluate the EMEP4UK model output.

The data are 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.

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

WRF reference: 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 NCEP reference: 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 01012022 The emissions used in the EMEP4UK model are derived from: The EU EMEP emissions center (www.emep.int). The UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (http://naei.defra.gov.uk). The Republic of Ireland national emissions inventory (https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/air/Research_Report_317.pdf).
https://doi.org/10.5065/1dfh-6p97
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 01012022
https://doi.org/10.5065/D6M043C6
The EU EMEP emissions center
The UK National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory
The Republic of Ireland national emissions inventory

Correspondence/contact details

Scheffler, J.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
 enquiries@ceh.ac.uk

Authors

Scheffler, J.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7398-4237
Vieno, M.
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
ORCID iD icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7741-9377

Other contacts

Rights holder
UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
INSPIRE theme
Atmospheric Conditions
Keywords
EMEP , EMEP4UK , European Monitoring and Evaluation Programme , HNO3 , NH3 , Nitric Acid , nitrogen dioxide , nitrogen oxides , NO2 , NOx , O3 , Oxides of nitrogen , ozone , PM10 , PM2.5 , SO2 , sulphate , Sulphate particulate , sulphur dioxide , UK-SCAPE , VOC , volatile organic compound
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R016429/1
Last updated
27 February 2024 16:21

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CITE AS: Scheffler, J.; Vieno, M. (2022). European Monitoring and Evaluation Program Model for the UK (EMEP4UK) daily atmospheric composition for 2002-2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ca302d30-7b8b-46ec-90b6-67b79df00c92

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.