Identification

Title

WACCM-X 1 Degree Output 2000-Present

Alternative title(s)

d654000

Abstract

This dataset is output from simulations using the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with Thermosphere and Ionosphere eXtension (WACCM-X) for years from 2000 to near present day. The horizontal resolution is 0.9 degrees in latitude by 1.25 degrees in longitude. The model vertical extent is from the surface to the upper thermosphere, approximately 600 kilometers depending on solar cycle. The model is free running when producing these simulation results. This WACCM-X dataset can be used to study individual events since year 2000 and decadal changes throughout the atmosphere. Is can also be useful in Artificial Intelligence training and related studies. This dataset is made up of files containing WACCM-X simulation output in the netCDF format. The files with "h0" in the name are monthly mean data containing neutral, ionosphere, and electron temperatures, ionosphere and thermosphere constituents, electric field related quantities, and diagnostic variables, and lower and middle atmosphere chemical constituents on vertical pressure levels. The files with "h1-h3" contain subset of the fields in the "h0" files but with an output frequency of 3 hours instantaneous, daily instantaneous, and daily average. The "h4" files also contain tidal coefficients used to derive solar induced tides. The "h6" and "h7" files contain model diagnostic fields.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d654000/

protocol: https

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

function: information

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d654000/dataaccess/

protocol: https

name: Data Access

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-03-30

Keyword set

keyword value

CLIMATE MODELS > CLIMATE MODELS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-07-22

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-07-22

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000-01-01T000000+00

End position

2025-12-31T230000+00

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2026-07-28

Frequency of update

irregular

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 4.0 International

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

email address

datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://gdex.ucar.edu

name: NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange

description: The Geoscience Data Exchange (GDEX), managed by the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NSF NCAR, contains a large collection of meteorological, atmospheric composition, and oceanographic observations, and operational and reanalysis model outputs, integrated with NSF NCAR High Performance Compute services to support atmospheric and geosciences research.

function: download

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2026-07-28T16:46:35Z

Metadata language