Dataset of "Vertical-Wind-Induced Cloud Opacity Variation in Low Latitudes Simulated by a Venus GCM"

This dataset contains the GrADS data of Venus GCM results used for figures in the paper "Vertical-Wind-Induced Cloud Opacity Variation in Low Latitudes Simulated by a Venus GCM" by H. Karyu et al. (2022). 

The file 'dataset_day1' contains the three-dimensional (X: longitude, Y: latitude, Z:altitude (km)) data of temperature (unit: K), zonal wind velocity (unit: m/s), meridional wind velocity (unit: m/s), vertical wind velocity (unit: m/s), geopotential height (unit: m), cloud mass mixing ratio of mode 1, 2, 2', 3 particles, mass mixing ratio of sulfuric acid, air density (unit: kg/m³), cloud mass mixing ratio changing rate of mode 1, 2, 2', 3 particles (unit: 1/s), in snapshots of every 3 hours for the periods of the first Venusian days (117 Earth days). The file 'dataset_day2' contains the same for the second Venusian days.

The file 'cloudtau-wc' contains three-dimensional (X: longitude, Y: latitude, Z:altitude (km)) data of column-integrated optical depth (COD) of mode 1, 2, 2' 3 particles and column mass abundance of mode 1, 2, 2' 3 particles (unit: kg/m²), in snapshots of every 3 hours for the periods of 2 Venusian days (234 Earth days). The COD at each altitude corresponds to the integrated value from the top of the atmosphere, and the column mass abundance of each altitude corresponds to the integrated value from the bottom of the atmosphere.  The COD is calculated with the cloud mass mixing ratio stored in the file ‘dataset’ and extinction efficiency shown in the paper.

The file 'stf-wc' contains two-dimensional (Y: latitude, Z:altitude (km)) data of mass stream function (unit: kg/s) and residual mass stream function (unit: kg/s), in snapshots of every 3 hours for the periods of 2 Venusian days (234 Earth days). One should refer to Holton (2004) for the definition of the (residual) mass stream function.

The files 'dataset_comp' and 'taudataset_comp' are composite mean data of 'dataset' and 'cloudtau-wc', respectively, in snapshots of every 3 hours for the period of 30 days starting from day 86 of the simulation (Earth day). The composite mean is calculated by averaging atmospheric parameters with respect to the frame moving at the rotation period of 7.1-day.

The file ‘scripts’ contains FORTRAN scripts and some additional files to derive the atmospheric parameters stored in 'cloudtau-wc’, 'stf-wc’, 'dataset_comp' and ‘taudataset_comp' from the GCM output file ‘dataset’. Please refer to the ‘README.txt’ contained in ‘scripts’ for how to use FORTRAN scripts, required input files and their output.

The .tar.xz files can be extracted in Linux with 'tar Jxvf' command, and .grd and .ctl files with the same stem are generated.