WRF-Chem Volcano output - Etna Christmas 2018 (run L0)

Output from a model run of a modified version of WRF-Chem, which we refer to as WRF-Chem Volcano (WCV). At the time of submission of this dataset, these data were the basis of the modelling part of a paper submitted to Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions (ACPD): "WRF-Chem modelling and TROPOMI observations of halogen chemistry within the plume of Etna's Christmas 2018 eruption".

The code of WCV is maintained here. Development of this code will continue after the submission of this repository, This branch is a permanent record of the code as used to create this dataset.
This is a simulation without any volcanic emissions, used to determine the difference caused by the volcano

"Run L0" refers the internal serial number assigned to this model run.

Overview of files

Output files: wrfout_d0*_YYYY-MM-DD_HH:MM:SS

Output data is contained in NetCDF files. Each file contains hourly snapshots of the 3D simulation with fields for various parameters. Most of the 4D (three spatial dimensions and time) variables record modelled mixing ratios of various species (in units ppm). Many other variables are standard WRF-Chem output variables; please see WRF-Chem's documentation. If the meaning of a variable is unclear, please contact the author.

Files are separated by model domain and by time. The "d0x" value specifies the model domain. Domain 1 is the full extent of the modelled area and has grid cells of 30 km × 30 km. Domains 2, 3, 4 each model a successively smaller area subset at a 3x greater resolution than their parent domain. Please see the ACPD paper for further details on this.