UKCA input data with diurnal cycle?

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I’m not sure if this is a kind of request made here. Please suggest me if there is a better place to ask this

I’m trying to create emission data for UKCA inputs based on the aviation data with two time dimensions – 12 months and 4 times for 00, 06, 12 and 18 GMT.

I was wondering if anyone can point me to an example of such data and its usage in the model so I can learn how to prepare and use them.

Cheers,
Masaru

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Hi Masaru,

I don’t think that the emissions code can cope with 2 time dimensions - it is usually monthly, but it may be possible to have 6-hourly values, but I don’t think it would cope with combining the two.

You would need to edit the code to cope with this - it seems like a useful addition.

Best wishes,
Luke