Special Observing Period (SOP) data for the Year of Polar Prediction site Model Intercomparison Project (YOPPsiteMIP)

Zen Mariani, Sara M. Morris, Taneil Uttal, Elena Akish, Robert Crawford, Laura Huang, Jonathan Day, Johanna Tjernström, Øystein Godøy, Lara Ferrighi, Leslie M. Hartten, Jareth Holt, Christopher J. Cox, Ewan O'Connor, Roberta Pirazzini, Marion Maturilli, Giri Prakash, James Mather, Kimberly Strong, Pierre Fogal, Vasily Kustov, Gunilla Svensson, Michael Gallagher, and Brian Vasel

Data sets

MODF for Iqaluit Airport, Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada during YOPP SOP1 and SOP2 L. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.21343/yrnf-ck57

MODF for Erik Nielsen Airport, Whitehorse, Canada during YOPP SOP1 and SOP2 L. Huang et al. https://doi.org/10.21343/a33e-j150

Merged observation data file for Sodankylä E. O'Connor https://doi.org/10.21343/m16p-pq17

MODF for Utqiaġvik, Alaska, during YOPP SOP1 and SOP2 E. Akish and S. Morris https://doi.org/10.21343/a2dx-nq55

MODF for Tiksi, Russia, during YOPP SOP1 and SOP2 E. Akish and S. Morris https://doi.org/10.21343/5bwn-w881

Merged Observatory Data File (MODF) for Ny Ålesund J. Holt https://doi.org/10.21343/y89m-6393

MODF for Eureka, Canada, during YOPP SOP1 and SOP2 E. Akish and S. Morris https://doi.org/10.21343/r85j-tc61

Model code and software

Merged Data File toolkit for file creation and checking M. Gallagher et al. https://gitlab.com/mdf-makers/mdf-toolkit

Short summary

During the Year of Polar Prediction (YOPP), we increased measurements in the polar regions and have made dedicated efforts to centralize and standardize all of the different types of datasets that have been collected to facilitate user uptake and model–observation comparisons. This paper is an overview of those efforts and a description of the novel standardized Merged Observation Data Files (MODFs), including a description of the sites, data format, and instruments.