Identification

Title

WACCM-X SD 1 Degree V2.2.2 Weimer for ICON

Alternative title(s)

d202094

Abstract

These model simulation results archived here are for comparison with observations from a satellite mission. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) on October 10, 2019 for upper atmosphere ionospheric and thermospheric observations. This mission was operating until December of 2022. We used the Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with thermosphere and ionosphere eXtension (WACCM-X) to run simulations for this period from January 2020 to December 2022 for comparison with these observations. The model was run in Specified Dynamics (SD) mode nudged with Goddard Earth Observing System Model, Version 5 (GEOS-5) assimilation data below 50 km. The model high latitude ion convection pattern is from the Weimer empirical model which uses the Interplanetary Magnetic Field (IMF) solar wind observations as input. Realistic f10.7 solar flux and Kp index are solar forcings for this model run. These WACCM-X simulations are what are archived here. Output is hourly from January 1, 2020 to December 1, 2022. The model resolution is 1.25 degree x 0.9 degree in geographic longitude and latitude with a vertical resolution of 1/4 scale height. The output includes the neutral composition, temperature, and winds, plasma composition, electron and ion temperature, electric field, and ExB drift velocities.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d202094/

protocol: https

name: Dataset Description

description: Related Link

function: information

https://gdex.ucar.edu/datasets/d202094/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

CESM > NCAR Community Earth System Model

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-09-16

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY > TOTAL ELECTRON CONTENT

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS

EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > ELECTRIC FIELDS/ELECTRIC CURRENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > SUN-EARTH INTERACTIONS > IONOSPHERE/MAGNETOSPHERE DYNAMICS > ION CHEMISTRY/IONIZATION

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2026-09-16

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180.0

East bounding longitude

180.0

North bounding latitude

90.0

South bounding latitude

-90.0

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2020-01-01

End position

2022-12-01

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2026-09-17

Frequency of update

notPlanned

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 4.0 International License

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

2026-09-17T15:02:01Z

Metadata language