Input files for ParaView renders and topological analysis
Abstract
These tar files contain all input files for the figures in "Advanced visualization techniques for insight in clouds and climate research" by Sullivan et al. 2026.AP_to_HL*.sh - scripts to remap ICON output on pressure levels to altitudes for renderingclipped_height_map_sylvia.tif / context_map_South_Asia.tif - images of the South Asian subdomain, underlaid in renders for contextCRH_3D_MCS_*_z.nc - NetCDF files of cloud-radiative heating within mesoscale convective systems from ICON simulationsFV3_20160819_AMA_precipitation.nc - 2D surface precipitation fields from the FV3 model in the DYAMOND intercomparison on an example day (20160819), fields over the whole DYAMOND simulation period available upon request (FV3_20160809-20160909_AMA_precipitation.nc)GEOS5_20160819_AMA_precipitation.nc - 2D surface precipitation fields from the GEOS5 model in the DYAMOND intercomparison on an example day (20160819), fields over the whole DYAMOND simulation period available upon request (GEOS5_20160809-20160909_AMA_precipitation.nc) HEIGHTS_*.txt - altitudes to which ICON output on pressure levels will be remappedIMERG_20160819_AMA_precipitation.nc - 2D surface precipitation fields from the IMERG observations on an example day (20160819), fields over the whole DYAMOND simulation period available upon request (IMERG_20160809-20160909_AMA_precipitation.nc)RAIN_GSP_RATE_mm-h_gridboxmean_z.nc / RAIN_GSP_RATE_mm-h_remapcon_z.nc / RAIN_GSP_RATE_mm-h_stacked_z.nc - 2D surface precipitation field in mm per hour using cdo's gridboxmean filter, cdo's remapcon filter, and on the ICON native grid, respectivelyTQC_gridboxmean_z.nc / TQI_gridboxmean_z.nc / TQI_remapcon_z.nc - 2D column-integrated cloud liquid (TQC) and ice (TQI) amounts, using cdo's gridboxmean filter, from a full ICON simulation over South Asia from 2017-08-05 1200 UTC to 2017-08-09 1200 UTCUM_20160819_AMA_precipitation.nc - 2D surface precipitation fields from the UM model in the DYAMOND intercomparison on an example day (20160819), fields over the whole DYAMOND simulation period available upon request (UM_20160809-20160909_AMA_precipitation.nc) persistence-values - output of evaluating the Wasserstein distance between all modeled surface precipitation fields (UM, GEOS5, and FV3) and corresponding IMERG observations
Fields of Study & Subjects
Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques
Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 14 January 2026
- Document type
- Dataset